Assuming that Polar91 account is your main account, you actually had a chance to LEGITIMATELY earn well with the higher-paying signature campaigns...all you needed to do was to provide good content to the readers to slowly rank your way up. But no, you had to do cheat the system. And now you're giving us a sob story just so hopefully the Bitcointalk community gives you sympathy?...
Exactly my thoughts on this farm and cheating, was it needed, as OP says? NO, NO AT ALL!!!
It was enough to not participate in these same bounty campaigns and even if OP would have a legion of alts he will be safe and making a lot of money.
Why they do it all? Is this easier to participate in the same bounty? I don't think so.
Anyways, there are enough possibilities to make money according to the rules on the forum, so cheating is bad and excuses are only excuses... from a cheater.