We call such people "Mushrooms" downunder. Because they grow in the dark and live on a diet of horse byproduct (o.k. we use a more graphic term, but best I refrain from such language).
You would probably be amazed at the number of NTMers and ex NTMers I have caught lying, to protect the reputations of other. But when one applies enough pressure to enough people, someone eventually gets the lie wrong or panics and blames others. Take the Graham Edwards affair, the convicted sex offender. None of his associates were there at the time, but someone else was. Trouble is for them, the next person also says they weren't there, but someone else was and I already knew it had to be one of the two of them, because I had an impecable third source. This is why NTM Australia won't reply to any of those nice inquiring e-mails I've been sending, because their NZ rep slipped up badly and they all shut up shop.
Alas for NTM Australia, Sanford opted to be most helpful, because they didn't want to be blamed for the Australian's mess! And personally I think Sanford on this one was telling the truth, because they had more to loose by being dragged into the Australians mess by being quiet or not telling the truth.
Whereas we have one major advantage, we don't have to make anything up, we can just tell the truth from day one, it is so much simpler as you don't have to remember which lies you have told to who.
See Fanda Eagles aren't mushrooms, cuz they like the light and the don't live on a diet of horse byproduct

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