Three people were charged in federal court with [tag]theft of confidential information[\/tag] from The [tag]Coca-Cola[\/tag] Co., which they tried to sell to competitor [tag]PepsiCo[\/tag] Inc. The group includes Coke employee Joya Williams, an executive administrative assistant. The other two charged in the case are Ibrahim Dimson and Edmund Dhaney.<\/p>\n
On May 19, [tag]Pepsi[\/tag] provided to [tag]Coke[\/tag] a copy of letter mailed to Pepsi in an official Coca-Cola envelope. The letter was postmarked in the Bronx, and purported to be from “Dirk”, a supposed high level employee of Coke with detailed confidential information. Coke then contacted the [tag]FBI[\/tag] and an [tag]investigation[\/tag] began.<\/p>\n
An FBI [tag]undercover[\/tag] agent received from “Dirk” 14 pages of confidential documents from Coke. Representatives from Coke confirmed that the documents were authentic, and did indeed contain highly confidential information considered to be [tag]trade secrets[\/tag]. “Dirk’s” fee for the documents was $10,000, but he also agreed to receive $75,000 in exchange for a sample of the confidential new product.<\/p>\n
The FBI went even further, offering “Dirk” $1.5 million for other Coke trade secrets. “Dirk” was actually Ibrahim Dimson. Joya Williams was caught by video surveillance cameras putting confidential documents on a new product into a personal bag. She was also taped holding a container with liquid in it, and putting it in her bag. Coke officials verified that it was, in fact, the confidential new product.<\/p>\n
The suspects have been arrested on federal charges of wire fraud and unlawfully stealing and selling trade secrets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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