Employee jailed over Coke secrets

[Express]

A former Coca-Cola worker in the US has been jailed for eight years for trying to steal their trade secrets and sell them to rival Pepsi.

Joya Williams, a former assistant to the director of global brands at Coca-Cola, wanted as much as £750,000 for the information.

The 41-year-old, who has also been ordered to pay £20,000 in restitution, was found guilty by an Atlanta jury in February.

The trial was shown surveillance video of Williams packing documents into a bag at her Coca-Cola office.

The trial included testimony from Williams' former boss at Coca-Cola, her ex-boyfriend and an FBI agent who took part in an undercover sting.

That eventually led to the arrests of Williams and two co-defendants, Ibrahim Dimson and Edmund Duhaney, who both pleaded guilty in October.

Duhaney testified that Williams, a family friend, initiated the trade secrets theft plan and provided confidential Coke documents and samples of unreleased products.

Dimson was sentenced to five years in prison and also ordered to pay £20,000 in restitution. Duhaney will be sentenced at a later date.

Source: http://www.itv.com/news/index_47f0ad...b726a635e.html

[gspark]

What trade secrets ? all coke is, water and acid and it eats your insides out oh and its america's favorite drink (go figure)