U.S. Revises Indictment of Ex-Twitter Workers Over Saudi Spying
The U.S. filed a revised indictment against two former
Twitter Inc. employees and a Saudi national, alleging the three spied on
dissidents for the Middle East country’s royal family.
The formal grand jury indictment filed late Tuesday is
intended to replace a criminal information, or written accusation, that
prosecutors asked a federal court in San Francisco to dismiss earlier in the
day.
The two former Twitter employees, Ahmad Abouammo and Ali
Alzabarah, are accused of feeding the Saudi government information about
Twitter users critical of it. They were recruited by a Saudi named Ahmed
Almutairi, who lives in the kingdom and has worked for the royal family’s
social media company, according to prosecutors.
All three were charged with acting as illegal foreign
agents. Of the three, only Abouammo, a U.S. citizen, was arrested. He has
pleaded not guilty.
The case is U.S. v. Abouammo, 19-cr-00621, U.S. District
Court, Northern District of California (San Francisco).
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