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# Rotterdam court tries Russian accused of stealing ASML, NXP chip data
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-04-02-russian-spy-asml-nxp-trial-rotterdam/
- Published: 2025-04-02T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T04:00:18.000Z
- Description: A Rotterdam court heard the prosecution's case against a Russian national accused of passing about 105 ASML and 88 NXP or TSMC-related documents to Russia between 2023 and 2024, intended to help build a 28-nanometre-capable chip fab.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Compute and infrastructure, Policy and law, #news, #reported, #ai-drafted

Reported AI-drafted [Tom's Hardware, 2 April 2025](https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/russian-spy-infiltrates-asml-and-nxp-to-steal-technical-data-necessary-to-build-28nm-capable-fabs?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** This does not establish a verdict; the defendant was sentenced only in July 2025, after this reporting window.

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