Former Coke Secretary Gets Eight Years For Scheming To Sell Secrets To Pepsi
Former Coke Secretary Gets Eight Years For Scheming To Sell Secrets To Pepsi
#1Former Coke Secretary Gets Eight Years For Scheming To Sell Secrets To Pepsi
Posted: 5/23/07 at 4:15pm
"ATLANTA — A federal judge ignored a former Coca-Cola secretary's plea for mercy Wednesday and sentenced her to eight years in prison for conspiring to steal trade secrets from the world's largest beverage maker.
U.S. District Judge J. Owen Forrester told Joya Williams, 42, that he was giving her a longer sentence than recommended by federal prosecutors and sentencing guidelines because, "This is the kind of offense that cannot be tolerated in our society."
Williams had faced up to 10 years in prison on the single conspiracy charge in a failed scheme to sell Coke's trade secrets to rival Pepsi for at least $1.5 million.
But sentencing guidelines, which federal judges are not bound by, called for a sentence of 63 months to 78 months. Williams was convicted Feb. 2 following a jury trial in U.S. District Court in Atlanta, where The Coca-Cola Co. is based."
Ex-Coke Secretary Sentenced to 8 Years
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#2re: Former Coke Secretary Gets Eight Years For Scheming To Sell Secrets To Pepsi
Posted: 5/23/07 at 4:17pmI didn't read the details. Someone at Pepsi should be fined too. (Unless they were the ones who turned her in. Which would surprise me.)
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#2re: Former Coke Secretary Gets Eight Years For Scheming To Sell Secrets To Pepsi
Posted: 5/23/07 at 4:17pmOops. Somehow that got on there twice.
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#3re: Former Coke Secretary Gets Eight Years For Scheming To Sell Secrets To Pepsi
Posted: 5/23/07 at 4:24pm
Oh Mamie of little faith!
'The conspiracy was foiled after Pepsi warned Coca-Cola that it had received a letter in May 2006 offering Coca-Cola trade secrets to the "highest bidder." The FBI launched an undercover investigation and identified the letter writer as Dimson.'
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#4re: Former Coke Secretary Gets Eight Years For Scheming To Sell Secrets To Pepsi
Posted: 5/23/07 at 4:49pm
"This is the kind of offense that cannot be tolerated in our society."
Yeah, cause when I think of offenses to society, selling the formula to Coke is right up there....
#5re: Former Coke Secretary Gets Eight Years For Scheming To Sell Secrets To Pepsi
Posted: 5/23/07 at 5:17pm
Lildogs, I thought the same thing after reading that.
How ridiculous.
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#6re: Former Coke Secretary Gets Eight Years For Scheming To Sell Secrets To Pepsi
Posted: 5/23/07 at 5:22pm
The judge just wants to scare all the would-be corporate spies--can't lose any money!
It's just sad to think that this woman serves a longer sentence than many violent criminals.
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#7re: Former Coke Secretary Gets Eight Years For Scheming To Sell Secrets To Pepsi
Posted: 5/23/07 at 10:21pmremember, it's a Republican, capitalist Justice in America now
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