First off, Hive account@gtg has nothing to do with Hive account@buildawhale. I don't think he ever used a bid bot in his life.

The post in question was brought up in an anti-spam group as potentially stolen and overrewarded.

I removed the Hive account@buildawhale vote and contacted the original author of the site that was copied to verify if it was in fact plagiarized. A practice I do quite often when in doubt. I prematurely removed the Hive account@buildawhale vote due to the payout time fast approaching and the high likelihood it was stolen.

I received a confirmation after the fact that it was, in fact, the original author.

Seeing as the post is past the payout window, I can't do anything about the vote removal but I will refund the 20 Steem used to promote it.

The flag from Hive account@gtg & Hive account@anyx is still valid as they are free to use their stake as they please and if they disagree with the rewards, that is well within their power as a stakeholder. I considered it myself but my primary concern was to verify the content was not stolen.