To my understanding, KYC simply means "Know your customer". Investors(customers) who participate in ICO are made to go through KYC process before they are even allowed to purchase their tokens. On the other hand, Bounty hunters are just "part time workers" of the project and not customers. Even if they will be made to go through a KYC process, it should be before they start working and not after. Waiting for them to finish working for the project and refusing to pay them because they failed to pass KYC afterwards is a total cheat.
You have some point in your thread. I am not agree in your part, because in the first place the team will said if the ICO need to pass the KYC. It always pinned on the group chat, and that is not a total cheat because you are reminded to do KYC.