Great story and a great read! I googled the characters afterwards, and there are some interesting addendums & updates:
Looks like Ahmad Abouammo (Twitter’s former head of Middle East partnerships) was arrested in Seattle in Nov 2019, but Ali Alzabarah's escape to Saudi Arabia was successful (at least in terms of being arrested by the US government):
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/two-former-twitter-employees-...
BUT, as of a month ago, a filing was made to drop the charges (?!):
https://www.theverge.com/2020/7/28/21345794/twitter-employee...
Fascinating case...