The urban dictionary's definition of sockpuppeting most likely doesn't account for the monetary value of Bitcointalk.org accounts. So, like I said: there's more to the story. To be blunt; my suspicion is that you were using this method to develop accounts, probably to sell at a later date.
Panthers52 was associated with my IRL identity. If I had sold that account and the buyer did bad things with it, such as scam someone, my IRL identity could have been associated with those bad things.
When I was farming accounts, I was not farming trust in any way, and was not attempting to increase the trust ratings of any of my accounts that were for sale.
I used poor judgement that was influenced by someone who was also doing things he shouldn't be doing, but whom I trusted. This is a mistake that I am not going to repeat, and I am not involved in any business in which I would even have the opportunity to repeat a similar mistake.