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U.S. charges ex-Twitter employees with spying for Saudi Arabia
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World - CBSNews.com
Fresh off dismissing spying charges against two former Twitter employees and another individual on Tuesday, the U.S. government has unfurled a new superseding indictment that accuses the three individuals of even more offenses.
According to the new indictment, Abouammo and Alzabarah accessed information on the accounts of journalists, celebrities, and public interest and branded organisations in the Middle East.
The new indictment also accuses Saudi officials of paying Abouammo at least $200,000, via wire transfer to a shell company and a bank account in Lebanon.
Saudi Arabia's King Salman and his son Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman are seen in a November 6, 2018, file photo posted to Twitter by Saudi Arabia's state-run news agency SPA.
ZDNet has reached out to Twitter for comment about its former employees.
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