Former Twitter Employee Convicted of Spying for Saudi Arabia –

SAN FRANCISCO—Former Twitter Inc. employee Ahmad Abouammo was found guilty of spying for Saudi Arabia after passing on private user information associated with critics of the kingdom in exchange for hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Mr. Abouammo, 44, who worked at Twitter from 2013 to 2015 managing media partnerships with high-profile users in the Middle East and North Africa, was also found guilty of money laundering, falsification of records and one count of wire fraud by the 11-person jury on Tuesday. Mr. Abouammo was found innocent on five other counts of wire fraud.