A federal jury found former Twitter employee Ahmad Abouammo guilty on Tuesday of spying for Saudi Arabia, using his access at the social media company to inform on the kingdom’s critics.
Abouammo was found guilty of acting as an unregistered foreign agent, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, money laundering, and falsifying records, according to Bloomberg news service.
The verdict comes after a two-week trial in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. He is expected to face 10 to 20 years imprisonment upon sentencing.
Abouammo used his perch as Twitter media-partnerships manager for the Middle East and North Africa from 2013 to 2015 to hand over private information on Twitter users to the Saudi government in exchange for gifts and payments, according to prosecutors.