He sent 1 Merit only (and that's probably all he had to give as a Member), 2 weeks after Merit was introduced. I would barely call this merit abuse, and in my opinion it's far too little to justify red trust.
Also, a single merit sent between alts is not something I would personally constitute as abuse; I can understand standing on principal, rather than on the quantity though, if that is the argument.
What's the threshold for abuse?
If this single merit is all they had from the airdrop I don't think that's a mitigating circumstance. If I sent 200 merits to my alts I bet I'd be tarred and feathered in a jiffy.