It is verified too. That means this account has not changed ownership. But what about merit abuse??? Would you like to say anything about merit abuse?
There is a possibility that the account was sold with the private key. I have seen such offers in Telegram groups and on fiverr.
The facts still stand, the user in question recently woke up (after two years of inactivity) and applied for a loan and a sig campaign, and at the same time received merits from the accounts with a suspicious history and also long inactivity. This raises suspicions of merit abuse and potential loan scams.
@ltcrstrbrt, it seems to me that there are only two possible explanations for the merits you received on your account. Either the accounts that gave you merits are controlled by you (alt accounts) or you acquired the merits through some sort of purchase. Is there any other explanation that I'm not considering?