Knowledge of a fact or circumstance (the term may be a variant, such as “know”) means:
(a) Actual knowledge that a fact or circumstance exists or is substantially certain to occur;
(b) An awareness of a high probability of a fact or circumstance's existence or future occurrence; or
(c) Reason to know of a fact or circumstance's existence.
Note 1 to § 850.216:
See the discussion of the knowledge standard in § 850.104 for more information about how this term is applied in this part.