A top executive at Campbell’s has been placed on temporary leave as of Tuesday as the world’s largest soup maker begins an internal investigation into a scandal that broke last week.

The decision regarding putting Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer Martin Bally on leave was made after audio recordings of him were released to media outlets by former employee Robert Garza on Saturday. Just two days before that, Garza had filed a whistleblower lawsuit alleging wrongful termination in Michigan on Thursday.

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