Date: 12-06-2024

Case Style:

United States of America v. Ahmad Abouammo

Case Number: 3:19-CR-621

Judge: Edward M. Chin

Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of California (San Francisco County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: United States District Attorney's Office in San Francisco

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Description:

San Francisco, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with acting as an unregistered agent of a foreign government or official in violation of 18 U.S.C. 951.

Abouammo, an employee at the company then known as Twitter, allegedly provided confidential information about
dissident Saudi Twitter users to Bader Binasaker, a close associate of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. In
return, Abouammo received a lavish wristwatch and hundreds of thousands of dollars in payments from
Binasaker. A jury convicted Abouammo for his role in this arrangement and his efforts to cover it up.

Outcome: A jury convicted Abouammo for acting as an unregistered agent of a foreign
government or official, 18 U.S.C. § 951, conspiracy to commit wire and honest services fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 1349, wire and honest services fraud, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1343, 1346, international money laundering, 18 U.S.C. § 1956(a)(2)(B)(i), and falsification of records to obstruct a federal investigation, 18 U.S.C. § 1519.

Affirmed

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