Some people will flag vindictively even when they claim its curation. I can find plenty of posts that I consider overrewarded through voting rings or other cliques. He's not flagging them, but I will in some cases. If the actual community likes a post then who am I to question it?
The real problem is that he will put off new users and we cannot afford to lose them. We also cannot do a hardfork every time we find a malic account, although he was known for ages. The main thing is to keep the topic prominent and get people aware.