Ahmad Abouammo is facing 10-20 years in prison for leaking PII from 6,000 Twitter accounts
, a Saudi social media strategist allegedly linked to Saudi prince Mohammed bin Salman is also wanted by the FBI for involvement. KSA and the US do not have an extradition agreement., Abouammo maintained he was performing his job as a Twitter media partnership manager by promoting the social media site in the Middle East.
On the other hand, prosecutors reportedly alleged at trial that an aide to MBS, Bader Al-Asaker, bribed Abouammo and Alzabarah to hand over sensitive details for as many as 6,000 Twitter accounts. The jury in Abouammo's trial returned a guilty verdict on six of 11 counts: acting as an unregistered foreign agent, wire fraud, honest services wire fraud against Twitter, conspiracy, money laundering, and fabricating evidence.the jury acquitted Abouammo of five of the counts pertaining to wire fraud and honest services fraud.
Amongst the five counts that were dismissed was an accusation that Abbouammo was culpable for Alzabarah's actions. The culpability charge stems from allegations Abouammo brought Alzabarah into the conspiracy to leak Twitter account details. Abouammo worked at Twitter prior to Alzabarah and left the company in 2015, the same year Twitter's suspicions led it to question Alzabarah.
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