Funnily enough, I did a piece for somewhere on the net a while ago when Raj Persaud was in the news (UK story)
And here it is:
Raj Persuad Copied My face, claims indian Businessman
Raj Persaud
Des Rupinda "He never asked for permission to use my face and has been passing it off as his own original face for many years without giving me any credit whatsoever," said Des. "I've lost count of the number of times people have asked me for advice on mental health issues. It's not easy selling Nano cars when the buyer wants a consultation before purchasing. The only upside was when I had a client who had OCD and I managed to sell him 10 cars.
In the end, I tell them to read one of Raj's books or better still, see if they can find the original author's copy," added Des.
Raj refused to comment until he found a suitable comment from someone else that he could use.
* On a more serious note, I actually met Raj Persaud and reassured him
I said: It's not illegal to copy stuff per se.
He said: I know and my name is Persaud.