I recently learned that as recently as March of this year, an email was sent from Gillani representing that potential clients had been referred to him by Mr. Apps. I understand that Mr. Apps has interpreted his meeting with Mr. Gillani in March a little differently, but again, prior to all of this hullabaloo, they were known to one another and in fact did have a previous relationship.
On May 12th, 2010. See this statement in context.