On June 30, 2020, Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong visited the Cheonan plant of SEMES, a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics’ semiconductor division, and toured the semiconductor and display manufacturing equipment production plant./Samsung Electronics
The CEO of a partner company who was indicted on charges of stealing semiconductor cleaning equipment technology from Samsung Electronics subsidiary SEMES was sentenced to prison in the appeals court.
According to the legal community on the 27th, the Seoul Central District Court’s Criminal Appeal Division 5-3 (Presiding Judge Jeong Deok-soo) sentenced Mr. Sentenced to 6 months. Mr. B, a former Semes employee who was also indicted, was sentenced to 1 year and 6 months in prison as in the first trial. The executives of the supply company who requested the leak were also kept in prison.
Mr. A is accused of stealing technical data, including drawings of semiconductor cleaning equipment parts from Semes, a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics, and passing them on to a company that supplies the equipment to China. It was found that Mr. B, who was a member of Semes, leaked the technology after receiving a request from Mr. A and others. Semiconductor cleaning equipment is equipment that removes contaminants generated during the semiconductor production process, and SEMES is the No. 1 semiconductor equipment manufacturer in Korea.
It was revealed that the supplier who received equipment and technical data from Mr. A and others made a profit by making semiconductor equipment and selling it to China.
After being sentenced to prison in the first trial, they appealed, saying, “We did not acquire the victim company’s trade secrets for the purpose of making unfair profits or causing damage to Semes.” However, the second trial court also did not accept this.
The court said, “Mr. A and others planned to manufacture cleaning equipment in an organized and planned manner by acquiring and using SEMES’ trade secrets and industrial technology in an illegal manner,” and added, “They are guilty of a serious act that could reduce the competitiveness of the domestic semiconductor industry.” “This is very bad.”
2024-01-27 04:38:00
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