Ex-ASML, NXP employee sentenced to three year jail term for sharing corporate secrets

ROTTERDAM (Reuters) -A Dutch court on Thursday sentenced a former employee of semiconductor firms ASML and NXP to three years in prison for sharing sensitive company technology with a contact in Russia, in violation of European Union sanctions.    The District Court of Rotterdam found the 43-year-old man, German Aksenov, guilty of computer intrusion and illegally providing technical assistance to Russia.

(Reporting by Nathan Vifflin in Rotterdam)