The man began accepting the bribes in December 2014, authorities said.
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge has sentenced a former Walnut Creek resident and Twitter employee to 3½ years in prison following his conviction for acting as a foreign agent to the Saudi Arabian royal family, authorities said.
Ahmad Abouammo 44, received a 42-month sentence Wednesday. Stephanie Hinds, the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California, announced the sentencing in a news release. in in August of accessing, monitoring and conveying confidential and sensitive information that could be used to identify and locate Twitter users of interest to the Saudi royal family, Hinds said.“This case revealed that foreign governments will bribe insiders to obtain the user information that is collected and stored by our Silicon Valley social media companies,” Hinds said in a statement.
Abouammo, a Seattle resident when he was arrested, began receiving the bribes from Saudi Arabian authorities as early as December 2014, according to trial evidence, Hinds said. The evidence also showed that he accepted bribes and gave the Saudi government information on dissidents of Saudi Arabia. Evidence showed that Abouammo accepted the bribes from a royal family member who was a Saudi Arabian Minister of State and later the Minister of Defense and Deputy Crown Prince, Hinds said.
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