(The Center Square) - A Saudi national has been arrested in an alleged corporate espionage case and is charged with attempting to steal artificial intelligence technology from a California company.
Abdulrahman Alfozan, 35, appeared Tuesday in the U.S. District Court in San Francisco after he was arrested and charged with using or endeavoring to use an electronic, mechanical or other device to intercept oral communications.
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