<p>Three people were indicted Tuesday on a conspiracy charge arising from what prosecutors say was a plot to steal confidential information from The Coca-Cola Co. and sell it to a competitor.</p><p>The federal grand jury indictment charges Joya Williams, Ibrahim Dimson and Edmund Duhaney with a single count of conspiracy.</p><p>Williams, 41, of Norcross, Ga., Dimson, 30, of New York and Duhaney, 43, of Decatur, Ga., pleaded not guilty during an arraignment hearing Tuesday afternoon.</p><p>U.S. Magistrate Judge Joel Feldman ordered Duhaney and Dimson detained pending trial. Williams was previously released on bond. She left the courthouse without speaking to reporters.</p><p>The government is seeking forfeiture of any property derived from proceeds of the alleged crime.</p><p>The three were arrested last week on charges of wire fraud and unlawfully stealing and selling Coke trade secrets. The indictment sets the case on course for trial.</p><p>Prosecutors charge they stole confidential information, including a sample of a new drink, from Atlanta-based Coca-Cola and tried to sell it to rival PepsiCo Inc.</p><p>Williams, a Coke executive's administrative assistant, is accused of rifling through corporate files and stuffing documents and a new Coca-Cola product into a personal bag.</p><p>According to prosecutors, on May 19, Purchase, N.Y.-based PepsiCo provided Coke with a copy of a letter mailed to PepsiCo in an official Coca-Cola business envelope. The letter, postmarked from the Bronx in New York, was from an individual identifying himself as "Dirk," who claimed to be employed at a high level with Coca-Cola and offered "very detailed and confidential information." "Dirk" was later identified as Dimson, the FBI says.</p><p>Coca-Cola immediately contacted the FBI and an undercover FBI investigation began.</p>
