Pepsi offered Coke's Secrets

[Legs]

This is a great story, these three Coke employees really thought they would get away with it.

The trio -- who appeared in court wearing T-shirts and shorts -- were arrested earlier this week after a federal sting operation launched after Pepsi tipped off Coke that it was being offered inside information.

Undercover agents negotiated with the suspects, who allegedly provided classified documents and even promised a sample of a secret new drink, officials said.

"Phone records and further investigation allegedly showed the source of the information was Joya Williams, an executive administrative assistant at Coke in Atlanta," David Nahmias, the U.S. attorney in Atlanta, said on Wednesday.

Williams was arrested along with Dimson, of New York and Edmund Duhaney, of the Atlanta suburb of Decatur, Nahmias said.

All three are charged with wire fraud and unlawfully stealing and selling trade secrets from The Coca-Cola Company.

Plot revealed

[beyelzu]

yeah, i saw this on the news today right after i watched bush's laughable press conference with the canadian prime minister.

i thought it was interesting all in all, i suspect that coke and pepsi do engage in corporate espionage and that pepsi was just covering their asses cuz they were approached, but then i am pretty cynical by nature.

[Godwhacker]

I heard that they could get up to 30 years in jail. I wonder if they would get that much dealing in coke...I mean the real thing...no, er...I mean....you know what I mean!

[quiet bear]

I read this in the paper this morning. It never fails to amaze me how people always think they can get away with something.

[Legs]

Yeah, I mean you didn't even get away with bumping an old thread

[beyelzu]