It is really lame. I have never been officially tasked, but I keep my eyes open and have been "involved" with a lot of the big ones in the past. It has been interesting what happens with some of them and how they react.
They know what they are doing. Denying it doesn't help.
I know what and who you speak of and it was a shame. People seem to flip our under life pressure which is understandable, but not necessarily excusable.
Early on, I had the same happen actually, as I used some of my own writings from my business. It was obviously mine though, but I didn't know I was meant to mention it at the time. I think over the years, I have probably been looked at more than a handful of times by people. What I like is not having to hide myself at any level, if I did, consistency is impossible at the volume I write.
I figured you would know who :)
I have an app that I keep misc junk in. Current stuff is on the top, and I delete the bottom now and again. I still have a note titled "Suspected Assholes Comments Club". I'd copy paste comments from people I had caught red handed. I use the note for other things now, but I left the title because it makes me smile every time I look at it.
I worked for a company that owned a top 1000 Alexa site-a pay per click where people could make up to $1.00 per day clicking on ads. They put me on cheetah patrol for duplicate accounts. My best day I found, proved and cancelled over 1000 accounts. Most of those people weren't just very bright...
lol. I should have a list of "default" comments too :D
Well, if you are willing to do that for a dollar a day... ;D