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TSMC trade secret theft ends in 10-year sentence, $4.6M fine against Tokyo Electron
A Taiwanese court handed down its harshest ruling yet in a semiconductor trade secret case on Monday, sentencing a former TSMC engineer to 10 years in prison and fining Japanese equipment giant Tokyo Electron (TEL) NT$150 million (approximately US$4.6 million) for stealing advanced chipmaking secrets — marking the first time a corporation has been penalized under Taiwan's National Security Act.







