Our series “Major industrial espionage cases”
The Tupolev Tu-144 and the Concorde
Pepsi-Cola and Coca-Cola
Li Li Whuang, a modern-day Mata Hari at Valeo (to
be published on Wednesday August 17
)
Hilton and Starwood Hotels (for
release Thursday, August 18
)
Renault, false nest of spies (to
be published on Friday August 19
)
“I have extremely confidential information, which only a handful of the most senior executives in my company have seen.
That morning, May 19, 2006, Antonio J. Lucio couldn't believe his eyes.
On his desk at the headquarters of PepsiCo, in Purchase (New York), the head of research and innovation of the American soda company has just received a letter on Coca-Cola's letterhead.
In a short text, signed by a certain "Dirk", a man who claims to work in a "highly placed" position within Coca-Cola offers to sell him "highly confidential" information on a drink in development at Pepsi's main competitor.
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