There was a vast amount of public knowledge regarding Aasim Saied and his Akyumen phone scam before TTCM put him on the BOD and starting promoting the Akyumen phones to be pre loaded with the ARknet app.
He knew it simply by virtue of the fact that everyone on Telegram told him and showed him the references to the guys shady past. He even responded flippantly to some of the people who questioned him.. But he ignored it. He knew and he still brought the guy on board!