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- Saudi national Abdulrahman Alfozan was arrested by the FBI three days before his flight to Saudi Arabia.
- Prosecutors allege Alfozan hid an audio recorder in a TV USB port inside an OpenAI conference room.
- Security video captured Alfozan entering the conference room on Oct. 5.
- Prosecutors allege Alfozan used chatbots to collect OpenAI addresses, meeting capacities, and leadership locations.
- Lawyer William Pernik says Alfozan faces a recording-statute violation charge, not espionage.