Public Prosecution Office indicts without detention a researcher at the Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation for ‘Samsung Electronics EUV technology leak’

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Choi Yun-seon = A researcher from the Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation of a famous domestic university who was accused of stealing Samsung Electronics' next-generation extreme ultraviolet (EUV) process technology was handed over to trial.

According to the legal community on the 27th, the Seoul Central District Public Prosecution Office's Serious Crime Prosecution Division 5 (Chief Prosecutor Park Gyeong-taek) indicted Mr. A, a researcher at the Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation of a famous domestic university, without detention the previous day on charges of violating the Industrial Technology Protection Act.

Mr. A is accused of unauthorizedly leaking key technical information about the EUV exposure process while working at Samsung Electronics.

EUV is a technology that uses short-wavelength light to engrave circuits on wafers (semiconductor disks) and is considered key to the production of advanced semiconductors.

Previously, the Public Prosecution Office requested an arrest warrant for Mr. A, considering the importance of the leaked technology, but it was dismissed by the court.