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On November 7, 2019, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) announced it has unveiled charges in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against Ali Alzabarah, Ahmad Abouammo, and Ahmed Almutairi, aka Ahmed Aljbreen, for their respective roles in accessing private information in the accounts of certain Twitter users and transmitting that information to officials of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The Criminal Complaint charges all three defendants with acting as illegal agents of a foreign government. The complaint also charges Abouammo with destroying, altering, or falsifying records in a federal investigation. On November 5, 2019, Abouammo was arrested in Seattle, Washington.[1]