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The user imaginative (http://www.fotolia.com/p/201548690) is a blatant thief.
He stolen images from other sites and used them in his work.
This is his latest:
http://www.fotolia.com/Content/Comp/21766208
Using http://www.graphixshare.com/photoshop/52559-stage-design.html

Another one
http://www.fotolia.com/id/19809967
Using the Earth from http://www.fotolia.com/id/10125840

Latest he was stealing a plane from another user and combined with a background
The cached picture
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:gsd3cwCry_MJ:www.fotolia.com/id/21678252+http://www.fotolia.com/id/21678252&cd=1&hl=sv&ct=clnk&gl=se
The background
http://wallcoo.com/nature/blue_sky_white_clound/wallpapers/1024x768/%5Bwallcoo_com%5D_blue_sky_white_clound_004hth.jpg
The airplane
http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-photo-3744315-airplane-above-the-clouds.php

They do look very similar. However there are alot of stock images out there and it could be pure coincidence. The world will look the same no matter how you draw it.

check out the aeroplane, if you zoom in on the cockpit you'll see that the shadows fall identically. Definitely the same image.

Obvious case - OP, please inform any copyright holders about this. They will have to put in a claim.

Fotolia requires now a DMCA notice so you can't even complain on behalf of someone else.

Easy money.

I've found images of mine in someone else's illustrations and they've been doing it for over 3 years at the time.

Compared to my earnings over the years I could make a rough estimate of how much they approximately earned which sometimes was over $10.000.

So making $10.000 without actually having to produce the images or the source images is just a short-cut "to wealth" - LOL.

Still true though. Just add it to the list.