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He doesn't explicitly say he knew of his notoriety when he joined and could very well have only discovered after. Alternatively given the economic circumstances he could have needed the job enough to take the risk. To be honest, your comment seems unnecessarily snide and mean spirited for no reason.

You commented out of half-knowledge and assumptions on an interesting story, trying to shame them. What does that make you?

Someone who needed a job?