WASHINGTON—Two former employees of Twitter Inc. and a third man from Saudi Arabia face U.S. charges of spying by digging up private user data and giving it to Saudi officials in exchange for payment back in 2015, according to a complaint filed on Wednesday.
Ali Alzabarah and Ahmad Abouammo, who used to work for Twitter, and Ahmed Almutairi, who then worked for members of the Saudi royal family, face charges of working for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia without registering as foreign agents, according to a complaint filed against them.
