If icopress is made a merit source, you can be very sure that merit distribution will be biased and influenced by icopress' business interests. There is no way that it will not be influenced by their business interests, and it would be naive to think that icopress will take an unbiased approach to merit distribution.
Have you already noticed that he is distributing merit based on his business interests, or are you just assuming that if he gets merit source status, he will begin to exhibit that kind of behavior? If it's the former, could you provide some evidence?
By the way, he wouldn't be the first bounty manager with merit source status anyway.