OpenAI employee charged over office bugging; Polymarket odds put Saudi Arabia at 22%
Polymarket · x · 2026-11-07
OpenAI employee Abdulrahman Alfozan has pleaded not guilty after being charged with secretly bugging the company's office. Polymarket opened a market on who the alleged spy will be accused of working for by end of 2026: Saudi Arabia at 22% ($54K volume), Russia at 4%, with nearly $200K total traded. The case has become a widely discussed industry-espionage drama.
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