Ahmad Abouammo
Coverage of Ahmad Abouammo in the Nexus archive.
- Court unanimously sides with defendant in criminal venue dispute over where a crime occurs
The Supreme Court ruled in Abouammo v. United States that federal prosecutors must try defendants in the district where a crime was physically committed, not where its effects were felt. Ahmad Abouammo was convicted of falsifying a document in Seattle to conceal income from Saudi contacts but argued the prosecution in San Francisco was improper venue.
- Feds lose Supreme Court duel over Twitter-era obstruction probe
The Supreme Court ruled that the federal government cannot charge a former Twitter employee with document falsification in a district different from where the falsification occurred. The case involved Ahmad Abouammo, who was accused of sending a fake invoice to FBI agents during an investigation into Twitter employees' access to confidential information.
- US Supreme Court overturns ex-Twitter employee's obstruction conviction in Saudi spy case
The US Supreme Court overturned an obstruction conviction of an ex-Twitter employee accused of spying for Saudi Arabia, ruling he was tried in the wrong state. The conviction stemmed from falsifying a document to impede an FBI investigation, with the employee's interactions with FBI agents occurring in Seattle, Washington.