If that was the case, it's on the article / journalist to actually uncover and present that information. Beyond that, the article says they got an alert when i

If that was the case, it's on the article / journalist to actually uncover and present that information. Beyond that, the article says they got an alert when it happened and later decided to un-enroll from the program, so I really don't see any grounds to assume bad-faith on the part of the people running it.