Overview

• A former ASML and Mapper Lithography employee, a 43-year-old Russian national, is accused of stealing critical chipmaking intellectual property and selling it to Russian buyers for tens of thousands of euros.
• The alleged theft includes microchip manuals and other trade secrets that could aid Russia's chip production capabilities, which are currently limited by international sanctions.
• The suspect, identified as German A., has been in custody in the Netherlands and will appear in a Rotterdam court for a pretrial hearing on Monday.
• The Dutch Ministry of Asylum and Migration has imposed a rare 20-year entry ban on the suspect, citing national security concerns unrelated to the ongoing legal case.
• ASML, a leading global supplier of advanced lithography equipment, confirmed it is aware of the case and has filed a formal complaint but declined further comment during the legal proceedings.