Joya Williams Sentenced for Stealing Coke
This stupid woman turned down a really good offer on a plea bargain- 2 years, if she admitted to her crime- to take a chance to convice a jury that she was just stealing top secret documents and samples of Coca Cola’s new soft drink so she could work from home. Because she “treated her boss like a baby.” Yeah, that’s the ticket. The jury laughed at her stupid ass and slapped her down with an eight year sentence.
From CNN here:
Two former Coca-Cola employees were sentenced Wednesday to serve federal prison terms for conspiring to steal and sell trade secrets to rival Pepsi.
Joya Williams, 42, of Norcross received an eight-year prison term, while Ibrahim Dimson, 31, got a five-year term, according to a news release from the U.S. attorney’s office for the Northern District of Georgia. Both were ordered to pay $40,000 in restitution.
Williams was convicted in February on charges that stem from a plot to offer samples of a new Coca-Cola product to Pepsi for $1.5 million.
All three are charged with wire fraud and unlawfully stealing and selling trade secrets from the Coca-Cola Co.
The three suspects were arrested July 4, the day they were supposed to be paid $1.5 million for the rest of the Coke secrets, he said.
This conviction couldn’t have happened to a bigger bitch. During her trial, she was snotty to the prosecutor and used every excuse except for the “you don’t know me” defense.
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From 11Alive here:
Williams wrapped up her testimony by aggressively attacking the prosecutor who was cross examining her, accusing the prosecution of twisting and manipulating the truth.
“I know I didn’t do it,” she said. “I know.”
Joya Williams was combative during the cross examination, not docile and tearful as she was during her direct examination on Monday.
“You all twist everything people say and manipulate it to make it go for your case,” Williams accused Pak, in front of the jury. “You’re trying to twist” what she has said and what witnesses against her have said, Williams told Pak several times.
“I never noticed the Coke documents were gone,” Williams told Pak, “really until you [federal agents] busted through the door with your 30 guns” to arrest her on July 5, 2006.
“I’m hurt,” Williams said at one point. “Everybody hates me…. I respect Coke and I respect this system” of justice.
“I could have took the plea and just faced two [years in prison], but I feel that strongly about my innocence. I know I didn’t do it. I know. I’m sitting here risking the other eight [years in prison]” to tell the truth, she said.
When Pak pointed out that Williams had $45,000 in credit card debt, and before he could make a point about how that might relate to the case against her, Williams jumped in and said she’s been carrying that debt for several years. She retorted, “I didn’t suddenly say, ‘Let’s go steal some documents to pay my credit card debt.’ I worked two and three jobs, and you know it.”
Coca-Cola needs to use more care when performing background checks against its employees. 45K in credit card debt will eliminate you from consideration from just about any top secret job, or at least raise some red flags. Especially for a secretarial position.
