Abouammo v. United States · ¶1
This case presents the question whether a defendant charged with violating 18 U. S. C. §1519—which makes it a crime to knowingly falsify a document with the intent to obstruct a federal investigation—must be tried in the district where the falsification occurred, or whether he may alternatively be tried in the district where the federal investigation was located. While employed by Twitter at its San Francisco office, petitioner Ahmad Abouammo provided confidential information to a high-level Saudi official about Saudi dissidents posting on the company’s platform. In exchange, the official wired Abouammo $300,000. Around the same time, Abouammo left Twitter and relocated to Seattle, where he started a social-media consulting business. Two San Francisco- based FBI agents, who were investigating unauthorized disclosures of Twitter account information, later flew to Seattle to interview…Read in context ›
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