HSBC, Subway respond to employee and spokesman crises

The organizations issued statements to media outlets and online after separate incidents involving the bank’s employees and the sandwich company’s advocate. (Update)

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According to The Sun, the employees of the U.K.-based bank were dressed in black jumpsuits and balaclavas. One yelled “Allahu Akbar” (the Arabic phrase for “God is great”) as another pretended to execute the kneeling “victim” with a coat hanger. The video was made during a team-building exercise away from bank offices, and has since been deleted.

HSBC told The Sun it ”

The former executive director of Fogle’s foundation was arrested on federal child pornography charges in May.

Fogle’s attorney, Ron Elbeger, issued a statement that said Fogle “has been cooperating, and continues to cooperate, with law enforcement in their investigation of unspecified charges and looks forward to its conclusion.”

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