The Rotterdam court will hold a preliminary hearing on Monday concerning a former ASML employee from Russia suspected of intellectual property theft.
A representative from the national financial crimes office confirmed the pretrial hearing, though further details regarding the case, initially reported Friday by Nieuwsuur, remain undisclosed.
According to Nieuwsuur, the suspect, a 43-year-old Russian national whose name has not been disclosed, is alleged to have profited by selling ASML and its Mapper subsidiary's manuals to buyers in Russia, earning tens of thousands of euros.
An ASML spokesperson acknowledged the ongoing criminal case, stating, "In line with our policy, we have also lodged a complaint," while refraining from further comments during the legal proceedings.
Nieuwsuur indicated that the suspect is currently in custody, although the timing of his arrest remains unclear.
In 2019, ASML acquired the bankrupt Dutch firm Mapper for €75 million ($79 million), thereby mitigating concerns from the Dutch government and the U.S. military regarding potential acquisition by Russian or Chinese entities.
Mapper's development of an electron-beam lithography product (E-beam), a technology analogous to ASML's but utilizing electrons rather than light for chip circuit fabrication, proved unsuccessful. However, ASML successfully integrated Mapper's 100 engineers into its metrology division.