Three charged with stealing Coca-cola secrets

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.

The suspects include an executive administrative assistant at Atlanta-based Coke, Joya Williams, who is accused of rifling through corporate files and stuffing documents and a new Coca-Cola product into a personal bag.