Three Charged in Coca-Cola's Secrets Theft

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http://www.boston.com/business/globe...oke_documents/

By Associated Press | July 6, 2006

ATLANTA -- Three people were charged by federal prosecutors yesterday with stealing confidential information, including a sample of a new drink, from the Coca-Cola Co. and trying to sell it to rival PepsiCo Inc.

The suspects include a Coke executive's administrative assistant, Joya Williams, who is accused of rifling through corporate files and stuffing documents and a new Coke product into a personal bag.

The company confirmed that the documents were valid and highly confidential.

Williams, 41, of Norcross, Ga., and 30-year-old Ibrahim Dimson of New York and 43-year-old Edmund Duhaney of Decatur, Ga., were arrested on charges of wire fraud and unlawfully stealing and selling Coke trade secrets, federal prosecutors said

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I wonder what caused her to even think about doing something like this! That's just pathetic...but I guess she was in a desperate situation...causing her to act in a foolish and desperate matter.