Ahmad Abouammo

A Twitter ex-employee was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison on Wednesday, months after he was convicted of spying for Saudi Arabia. The former Twitter manager was convicted in August of conveying sensitive information from Twitter's systems to help Saudi officials identify and locate users of interest, and faced several years in prison.

Former Twitter employee Ahmad Abouammo has been convicted of spying for Saudi Arabia, after he failed to register as an agent and accessed private data on users critical of the kingdom’s government. The FBI’s complaint had alleged that Abouammo and Saudi citizens Ali Alzabarah and Ahmed Al-Mutairi used their positions to access confidential Twi...

A ruling by a U.S. judge granting bond on Friday to a former Twitter employee accused of spying for Saudi Arabia was stayed after U.S. prosecutors said they appealed the decision.

A Twitter ex-employee was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison on Wednesday, months after he was convicted of spying for Saudi Arabia. The former Twitter manager was convicted in August of conveying sensitive information from Twitter's systems to help Saudi officials identify and locate users of interest, and faced several years in prison.

Former Twitter employee Ahmad Abouammo has been convicted of spying for Saudi Arabia, after he failed to register as an agent and accessed private data on users critical of the kingdom’s government. The FBI’s complaint had alleged that Abouammo and Saudi citizens Ali Alzabarah and Ahmed Al-Mutairi used their positions to access confidential Twi...

A ruling by a U.S. judge granting bond on Friday to a former Twitter employee accused of spying for Saudi Arabia was stayed after U.S. prosecutors said they appealed the decision.