In late April 2017 , The Neurology Foundation , Inc. ( the " Foundation " ) learned that an employee had been making unauthorized purchases using a company credit card . On May 3 , 2017 , during the employee 's exit interview , the Foundation further learned that the employee had transferred certain Foundation data onto a hard drive that the employee was storing in the employee 's home . The storage of Foundation data on external media is not permitted by the Foundation and the Foundation has since recovered the hard drive . Upon learning of this incident , the Foundation immediately launched an investigation , with the assistance of third - party forensic investigators , to determine the extent of the former employee 's conduct . During this investigation , on May 25 , 2017 , the Foundation determined that the former employee had , without authorization , transferred sensitive information onto his desktop , a hard drive , and several thumb drives . ;