{"id":28899,"date":"2026-08-05T19:26:32","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T14:26:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=28899"},"modified":"2026-08-05T19:26:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T14:26:32","slug":"guy-successfully-forgets-he-has-a-job-for-6-years-employer-only-notices-while-planning-to-honor-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=28899","title":{"rendered":"Guy Successfully Forgets He Has A Job For 6 Years, Employer Only Notices While Planning To Honor Him"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>If you are reading this article at your desk, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/city-daydreams-my-5-oil-paintings\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" staff-link\" rel=\"noopener \">daydreaming<\/a> about never returning to work, you probably have more in common with one audacious man from Spain than you\u2019d think. Joaqu\u00edn Garc\u00eda is the anti-hero we all strive to be, but his downfall came in the most unexpected way.<\/p>\n<p>For 6-years, his no-work-all-pay scheme was going on without a hitch. Government <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/relationships\/work\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" staff-link\" rel=\"noopener \">jobs<\/a> are, after all, cushy, and he tested those limits even further. But you can only have so much luck on your side, and he would soon have to fess up.<\/p>\n<h3>Nobody dreams of working, but everybody has at some point dreamt about quiting<\/h3>\n<p class=\"attachment-link-container shareable-image-block\" id=\"man-skipped-work-exposed-win-award-stock1-6a72fa358667c__700\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/man-skipped-work-exposed-win-award\/?image_id=man-skipped-work-exposed-win-award-stock1-6a72fa358667c__700.jpg\"><a class=\"web-share-button list-item-share new-share-experiment\" data-location=\"single-post-image\" data-title=\"Man Doesn\u2019t Show Up To Work For 6 Years, Only Gets Caught When His Employer Tries To Celebrate Him\" data-share-url=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/man-skipped-work-exposed-win-award\/?media_id=man-skipped-work-exposed-win-award-stock1-6a72fa358667c__700\" data-image=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/man-skipped-work-exposed-win-award-stock1-6a72fa358667c__700.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\"><i><svg class=\"svg-icon icon-share-icon\" role=\"img\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 16\"><path d=\"M0 15C0 10.8824 5.22292 10.0588 8.79817 10.0588V14.1765L15.7006 8.23061C15.7941 8.15345 15.8695 8.05559 15.9213 7.94441C15.9731 7.83323 16 7.71155 16 7.58824C16 7.46492 15.9731 7.34314 15.9213 7.23196C15.8695 7.12078 15.7941 7.02302 15.7006 6.94586L8.79817 1V5.11765C2.3995 5.11765 0 9.76235 0 15Z\"\/><\/svg><\/i><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/man-skipped-work-exposed-win-award-stock1-6a72fa358667c__700.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" alt=\"Man at work, not showing up for years, caught when employer tries to celebrate him, smiling at laptop.\" title=\"Man at work, not showing up for years, caught when employer tries to celebrate him, smiling at laptop.\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"post-content-media-source\">Image credits: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.magnific.com\/free-photo\/satisfied-man-resting-his-office_15971076.htm#fromView=search&amp;page=1&amp;position=1&amp;uuid=b89e67f9-2180-41bf-b12e-484e59732428&amp;query=work+resting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">gpointstudio \/ Magnific (not the actual photo)<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>One man got the best of both worlds while he kept cashing in his paychecks, despite not going to work for 6 years<\/h3>\n<p>Joaqu\u00edn had been a building supervisor for a water treatment plant in C\u00e1diz, employed by the local government for over 20 years. At some point, the job became too stressful, and he has since cited workplace <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/mistreated-guest-call-mommy\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" staff-link\" rel=\"noopener \">bullying<\/a> as the reason he stopped showing up. So, he made a decision that most people only dream about. He simply did not go in anymore. No dramatic resignation and no awkward meeting with HR.<\/p>\n<p>He just quietly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unilad.com\/news\/world-news\/man-skipped-work-six-years-undetected-awarded-862515-20240710\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" staff-link\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">stopped appearing<\/a> and, crucially, nobody said anything. His annual salary of $41,500 kept landing in his account like clockwork. The reason nobody noticed is a classic government faux pas, two separate departments each assumed the other was responsible for monitoring his work, creating a bureaucratic blind spot that worked perfectly in his favor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"attachment-link-container shareable-image-block\" id=\"man-skipped-work-exposed-win-award-stock3-6a72fa38519f1__700\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/man-skipped-work-exposed-win-award\/?image_id=man-skipped-work-exposed-win-award-stock3-6a72fa38519f1__700.jpg\"><a class=\"web-share-button list-item-share new-share-experiment\" data-location=\"single-post-image\" data-title=\"Man Doesn\u2019t Show Up To Work For 6 Years, Only Gets Caught When His Employer Tries To Celebrate Him\" data-share-url=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/man-skipped-work-exposed-win-award\/?media_id=man-skipped-work-exposed-win-award-stock3-6a72fa38519f1__700\" data-image=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/man-skipped-work-exposed-win-award-stock3-6a72fa38519f1__700.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\"><i><svg class=\"svg-icon icon-share-icon\" role=\"img\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 16\"><path d=\"M0 15C0 10.8824 5.22292 10.0588 8.79817 10.0588V14.1765L15.7006 8.23061C15.7941 8.15345 15.8695 8.05559 15.9213 7.94441C15.9731 7.83323 16 7.71155 16 7.58824C16 7.46492 15.9731 7.34314 15.9213 7.23196C15.8695 7.12078 15.7941 7.02302 15.7006 6.94586L8.79817 1V5.11765C2.3995 5.11765 0 9.76235 0 15Z\"\/><\/svg><\/i><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/man-skipped-work-exposed-win-award-stock3-6a72fa38519f1__700.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" alt=\"Empty office space, symbolizing a man not showing up to work for 6 years before being caught.\" title=\"Empty office space, symbolizing a man not showing up to work for 6 years before being caught.\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"post-content-media-source\">Image credits: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.magnific.com\/premium-photo\/morning-coworking-contemporary-office-interior-with-furniture_6254767.htm#fromView=search&amp;page=2&amp;position=47&amp;uuid=200893b6-2361-4c21-bf61-8bcdda84115c&amp;query=work+place+empty\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">fabrikasimf \/ Magnific (not the actual photo)<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>He went undetected as two departments at his government job kept pointing the finger at each other, neither thinking he was their responsibility<\/h3>\n<p>Joaqu\u00edn slipped through the cracks entirely, undetected, for six straight years. While the water treatment plant presumably treated water and the local <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/society\/economy-labor\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" staff-link\" rel=\"noopener \">government<\/a> presumably governed, Joaqu\u00edn was at home studying philosophy. As you do. Sadly, his luck would soon run out.<\/p>\n<p>He was nominated for a long service award. A celebration of his two decades of dedication to the company. When his supervisors called him in for the ceremony, the questions started. Deputy mayor Jorge Blas told Spanish newspaper El Mundo: \u201cI wondered whether he was still working there, had he retired, had he [passed]? But the payroll showed he was still receiving a salary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"attachment-link-container shareable-image-block\" id=\"man-skipped-work-exposed-win-award-stock6-6a72fa3c76b46__700\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/man-skipped-work-exposed-win-award\/?image_id=man-skipped-work-exposed-win-award-stock6-6a72fa3c76b46__700.jpg\"><a class=\"web-share-button list-item-share new-share-experiment\" data-location=\"single-post-image\" data-title=\"Man Doesn\u2019t Show Up To Work For 6 Years, Only Gets Caught When His Employer Tries To Celebrate Him\" data-share-url=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/man-skipped-work-exposed-win-award\/?media_id=man-skipped-work-exposed-win-award-stock6-6a72fa3c76b46__700\" data-image=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/man-skipped-work-exposed-win-award-stock6-6a72fa3c76b46__700.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\"><i><svg class=\"svg-icon icon-share-icon\" role=\"img\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 16\"><path d=\"M0 15C0 10.8824 5.22292 10.0588 8.79817 10.0588V14.1765L15.7006 8.23061C15.7941 8.15345 15.8695 8.05559 15.9213 7.94441C15.9731 7.83323 16 7.71155 16 7.58824C16 7.46492 15.9731 7.34314 15.9213 7.23196C15.8695 7.12078 15.7941 7.02302 15.7006 6.94586L8.79817 1V5.11765C2.3995 5.11765 0 9.76235 0 15Z\"\/><\/svg><\/i><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/man-skipped-work-exposed-win-award-stock6-6a72fa3c76b46__700.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" alt=\"Employees giving a high five, representing the employer trying to celebrate a man who didn't show up for 6 years.\" title=\"Employees giving a high five, representing the employer trying to celebrate a man who didn't show up for 6 years.\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"post-content-media-source\">Image credits: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.magnific.com\/free-photo\/close-up-people-with-hands-raised_13704563.htm#fromView=search&amp;page=2&amp;position=46&amp;uuid=e5e1fc04-5f88-48be-acea-8531c6b8520c&amp;query=work+awards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">magnific \/ Magnific (not the actual photo)<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>His plan came to a screeching halt when he was supposed to receive a \u2018long service\u2019 award for 20 years of work<\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"post-desktop-ad-within-content post-ads margin-left\"><span class=\"dfp-ad\"><span><span class=\"pg-ad-label\">ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>He called Joaqu\u00edn directly. \u201cI called him up and asked him, \u2018What did you do yesterday? The month before, the month before that?&#8217;\u201d Blas said. \u201cHe didn\u2019t know what to say.\u201d Six years of philosophical study and the man had no answer prepared for the most obvious question in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/society\/world\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" staff-link\" rel=\"noopener \">world<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The award that was supposed to celebrate his loyalty became the thing that ended his entire operation. A long service award. For a man who had not been present for a quarter of his tenure. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/jd-vance-announces-fourth-child-birth-wife-usha\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" staff-link\" rel=\"noopener \">irony<\/a> is so thick you could build a whole new water treatment plant out of it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"attachment-link-container shareable-image-block\" id=\"man-skipped-work-exposed-win-award-stock4-6a72fa39989e0__700\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/man-skipped-work-exposed-win-award\/?image_id=man-skipped-work-exposed-win-award-stock4-6a72fa39989e0__700.jpg\"><a class=\"web-share-button list-item-share new-share-experiment\" data-location=\"single-post-image\" data-title=\"Man Doesn\u2019t Show Up To Work For 6 Years, Only Gets Caught When His Employer Tries To Celebrate Him\" data-share-url=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/man-skipped-work-exposed-win-award\/?media_id=man-skipped-work-exposed-win-award-stock4-6a72fa39989e0__700\" data-image=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/man-skipped-work-exposed-win-award-stock4-6a72fa39989e0__700.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\"><i><svg class=\"svg-icon icon-share-icon\" role=\"img\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 16\"><path d=\"M0 15C0 10.8824 5.22292 10.0588 8.79817 10.0588V14.1765L15.7006 8.23061C15.7941 8.15345 15.8695 8.05559 15.9213 7.94441C15.9731 7.83323 16 7.71155 16 7.58824C16 7.46492 15.9731 7.34314 15.9213 7.23196C15.8695 7.12078 15.7941 7.02302 15.7006 6.94586L8.79817 1V5.11765C2.3995 5.11765 0 9.76235 0 15Z\"\/><\/svg><\/i><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/man-skipped-work-exposed-win-award-stock4-6a72fa39989e0__700.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"470\" alt=\"Man holding a trophy, being celebrated by his employer after not showing up to work for 6 years.\" title=\"Man holding a trophy, being celebrated by his employer after not showing up to work for 6 years.\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"post-content-media-source\">Image credits: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.magnific.com\/premium-photo\/youve-earned-this-cropped-shot-handsome-mature-tennis-coach-standing-with-trophy-clubhouse-prizegiving_28168022.htm#from_element=cross_selling__photo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Yuri Arcurs Collection \/ Magnific (not the actual photo)<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>After being found out, he was ordered to pay back the equivalent of one year\u2019s salary<\/h3>\n<p>When the dust settled, a court found in the water company\u2019s favour and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35557725\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" staff-link\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">ordered<\/a> Joaqu\u00edn to pay a fine of \u20ac37,000 (approximately $40,000), equivalent to roughly one year\u2019s salary after tax and the maximum amount the company could legally reclaim. Which means that despite six years of collecting a salary for doing absolutely nothing, the worst-case financial scenario for Joaqu\u00edn was losing one year\u2019s worth of it.<\/p>\n<p>The maths, even in defeat, are not entirely unfavourable. True to form, Joaqu\u00edn did not go quietly. He wrote directly to the mayor asking to be let off the fine and announced his intention to appeal. The man who spent six years avoiding accountability was, it turned out, not particularly keen on it when it finally arrived either. When asked about his absence, he maintained that workplace bullying had driven him away.<\/p>\n<p class=\"attachment-link-container shareable-image-block\" id=\"man-skipped-work-exposed-win-award-stock5-6a72fa3ad1d0e__700\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/man-skipped-work-exposed-win-award\/?image_id=man-skipped-work-exposed-win-award-stock5-6a72fa3ad1d0e__700.jpg\"><a class=\"web-share-button list-item-share new-share-experiment\" data-location=\"single-post-image\" data-title=\"Man Doesn\u2019t Show Up To Work For 6 Years, Only Gets Caught When His Employer Tries To Celebrate Him\" data-share-url=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/man-skipped-work-exposed-win-award\/?media_id=man-skipped-work-exposed-win-award-stock5-6a72fa3ad1d0e__700\" data-image=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/man-skipped-work-exposed-win-award-stock5-6a72fa3ad1d0e__700.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\"><i><svg class=\"svg-icon icon-share-icon\" role=\"img\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 16\"><path d=\"M0 15C0 10.8824 5.22292 10.0588 8.79817 10.0588V14.1765L15.7006 8.23061C15.7941 8.15345 15.8695 8.05559 15.9213 7.94441C15.9731 7.83323 16 7.71155 16 7.58824C16 7.46492 15.9731 7.34314 15.9213 7.23196C15.8695 7.12078 15.7941 7.02302 15.7006 6.94586L8.79817 1V5.11765C2.3995 5.11765 0 9.76235 0 15Z\"\/><\/svg><\/i><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/man-skipped-work-exposed-win-award-stock5-6a72fa3ad1d0e__700.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" alt=\"Business people conversing at a celebration, revealing how a man was caught for not showing up to work for 6 years.\" title=\"Business people conversing at a celebration, revealing how a man was caught for not showing up to work for 6 years.\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"post-content-media-source\">Image credits: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.magnific.com\/premium-photo\/close-up-people-chatting-meeting_23491642.htm#from_element=cross_selling__photo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">magnific \/ Magnific (not the actual photo)<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Garcia wasn\u2019t taking it laying down, and wrote to the mayor to get the ruling overturned<\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"post-desktop-ad-within-content post-ads margin-left\"><span class=\"dfp-ad\"><span><span class=\"pg-ad-label\">ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>He did, however us his time wisely and sort of productively as he took up studying philosophy and making the most of what he described as an \u2018unplanned sabbatical \u2018. Whether Stoicism, Nietzsche or Kant prepared him for the courtroom is, unfortunately, not on record.<\/p>\n<p>As audacious as Joaqu\u00edn\u2019s six-year vanishing act was, he is not even close to holding the record. In Italy, a hospital employee named <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/hospital-employee-paid-almost-650-000-never-went-work-police-n1264990\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" staff-link\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Salvatore Scumace<\/a> at Pugliese Ciaccio Hospital in Catanzaro managed to avoid work for 15 years from 2005 onward, pocketing an estimated \u20ac538,000 ($647,000) in wages during that time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"attachment-link-container shareable-image-block\" id=\"man-skipped-work-exposed-win-award-stock2-6a72fa370d250__700\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/man-skipped-work-exposed-win-award\/?image_id=man-skipped-work-exposed-win-award-stock2-6a72fa370d250__700.jpg\"><a class=\"web-share-button list-item-share new-share-experiment\" data-location=\"single-post-image\" data-title=\"Man Doesn\u2019t Show Up To Work For 6 Years, Only Gets Caught When His Employer Tries To Celebrate Him\" data-share-url=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/man-skipped-work-exposed-win-award\/?media_id=man-skipped-work-exposed-win-award-stock2-6a72fa370d250__700\" data-image=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/man-skipped-work-exposed-win-award-stock2-6a72fa370d250__700.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\"><i><svg class=\"svg-icon icon-share-icon\" role=\"img\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 16\"><path d=\"M0 15C0 10.8824 5.22292 10.0588 8.79817 10.0588V14.1765L15.7006 8.23061C15.7941 8.15345 15.8695 8.05559 15.9213 7.94441C15.9731 7.83323 16 7.71155 16 7.58824C16 7.46492 15.9731 7.34314 15.9213 7.23196C15.8695 7.12078 15.7941 7.02302 15.7006 6.94586L8.79817 1V5.11765C2.3995 5.11765 0 9.76235 0 15Z\"\/><\/svg><\/i><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/man-skipped-work-exposed-win-award-stock2-6a72fa370d250__700.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" alt=\"Man showing up to work for 6 years is caught, looking distressed at a document.\" title=\"Man showing up to work for 6 years is caught, looking distressed at a document.\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"post-content-media-source\">Image credits: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.magnific.com\/premium-photo\/worried-man-reading-bills-home-desk-with-laptop_425744933.htm#from_element=cross_selling__photo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">lazy_bear \/ Magnific (not the actual photo)<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-2 whitespace-pre-wrap\">\u00a0His method was considerably less passive than Joaqu\u00edn\u2019s. According to police, Scumace threatened his initial manager to prevent her from filing a disciplinary report. When that manager retired, subsequent managers and HR simply lost track of him entirely. He was eventually investigated and fired during a broader Italian police crackdown on public sector absenteeism and fraud.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-2 whitespace-pre-wrap\">But even Scumace cannot touch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thetwo-way\/2015\/01\/11\/376557395\/indian-man-a-no-show-at-work-for-25-years-finally-gets-the-ax\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" staff-link\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">A.K. Verma<\/a>, an executive engineer in India\u2019s Central Public Works Department who holds what might reasonably be described as the most jaw-dropping ghost worker record in human history. In December 1990, Verma went on a standard, authorised period of short-term leave. When it expired, he simply refused to go back. The CPWD ordered him to return. He ignored them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-2 whitespace-pre-wrap\">They launched a formal inquiry in 1992. And then, due to the staggering complexity of India\u2019s civil service labour protections and the glacial pace at which the bureaucratic system processed anything, the investigation dragged on. And on. And on. For 24 consecutive years, Verma remained on the official government payroll without doing a single day of work, just because the system\u2019s own rules made it essentially impossible to fire him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-2 whitespace-pre-wrap\">He exploited every delay, every appeal and every available loophole until the whole thing became a monument to administrative paralysis. Joaqu\u00edn Garc\u00eda studied philosophy for six years and got caught by a trophy. A.K. Verma simply refused to go back to work in 1990 and let the paperwork do the rest. Different approaches. Both, in their own specific way, absolutely unhinged.<\/p>\n<p>Do you think these guys should be applauded or should justice prevail? 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