Pepsi offered Coke's Secrets

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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.

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