Federal prosecutors charged Abdulrahman Alfozan, who joined OpenAI's product team in July 2025, with using an electronic device to intercept oral communications after a recording device was found plugged into the back of a TV in an executive conference room in OpenAI's San Francisco office. He was fired and arrested on October 9. OpenAI says it has no indication that model weights, source code or customer data were accessed. FBI Director Kash Patel said the aim was to capture communications about the company's technology; the charge carries up to five years.