A FORMER Coca-Cola secretary convicted of conspiring to steal trade secrets from the world’s largest beverage maker was sentenced yesterday to eight years in federal prison.

A former Coca-Cola secretary convicted of conspiring to steal trade secrets from the world’s largest beverage maker was today jailed for eight years.

A federal jury today found a former secretary guilty of plotting to steal secrets from The Coca-Cola Company, the world’s largest beverage maker.

Coca-Cola and Pepsi are usually bitter enemies, but when PepsiCo Inc. got a letter offering to sell Coke trade secrets, it went straight to its US corporate rival.

Three people have been arrested and charged with stealing confidential information from The Coca-Cola Company and trying to sell it to rival PepsiCo Inc, United States federal prosecutors said in Atlanta today.