The "someone else" that you claim also to "know something" only "heard" a rumor but does not know. You also "heard" but know nothing. So we have two rumors on the board which may have the same  source, flawed or reliable.

Bottom line: your claim of knowing is false. You both merely heard a rumor and repeated it.

Confirmation from a disinterested party (public records) would be more reliable than rumor.

As for your denial that you named no one.... while I concede that may be technically true, but may not really be honest.