<prompt> Human: I dont know if this is a discussion for here, but here it goes: Its recently been discovered at my company that 401k contributions of all staff not the company match portion! has been used for company operations. The decision was made by a previous CEO and CFO who are both been gone and the founders have been working to repay for the last 7 months. When confronted, they claim that they are within a legal timeline, though they understand that it is ethically and morally wrong and want to rectify as soon as possible. Though we have had cash flow issues this year, which Im well aware of to be true, and that the founders are trying to fix it, I just want to know if its true that they can use those funds for operations. Is it possible that this will affect my 401k contributions in any way? Thanks for any direction you can provide. A couple other points: We are a startup, and this was discovered at an incredibly difficult period CEOCFO left, burning cash, struggling business units.I know the founder well and trust him when he says that he didnt know this was happening  <response>: By law, they have until the 15th of the following month to send in your 401k contributions. If they are not doing that, contact the Department of Labor. 