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Michigan Man Sells Fake Coca-Cola
Man Labeled Generic Syrup As 'Coca-Cola', Prosecutors Say
POSTED: 7:55 am EDT October 9, 2008
UPDATED: 8:04 am EDT October 9, 2008
DETROIT -- A Michigan man acknowledged Wednesday that he wasn't selling "the real thing" to restaurants.Authorities said Cecil Donald St. Pierre, 69, was offering a generic syrup in 2006 and 2007 for use in fountain drink dispensers, but labeling it as Coca-Cola. He pleaded guilty Wednesday in Detroit federal court to trafficking in counterfeit goods.St. Pierre faces a maximum of six months in prison under a plea agreement with prosecutors. Under the deal, he agrees to stop selling soft drink syrup for five years. Sentencing is set for Jan. 28.St. Pierre said restaurant operators who bought his generic syrup knew it wasn't Coca-Cola. Assistant U.S. Attorney Craig Weier said that doesn't matter, since restaurant customers likely were fooled.
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