SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge has sentenced a former Walnut Creek resident and Twitter employee to 3½ years in prison following his conviction for acting as a foreign agent to the Saudi Arabian royal family, authorities said.
Ahmad Abouammo 44, received a 42-month sentence Wednesday. Stephanie Hinds, the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California, announced the sentencing in a news release.
A jury convicted Abouammo in August of accessing, monitoring and conveying confidential and sensitive information that could be used to identify and locate Twitter users of interest to the Saudi royal family, Hinds said.
