Yeah, that's the thing though.  A lot of these "businesses" that hire campaign managers barely qualify as such, much less serious businesses, i.e., a lot of them are scammy as hell to begin with.  That being the case, why wouldn't they hire the least reputable managers presumably at the lowest cost to them?

I couldn't even begin to estimate how much cheating is going on, because I've been watching campaigns come and go (and campaign managers, to) for years--and if I've learned anything, it's that if there's any opportunity for scammers, cheats, and the like to weasel their way into positions that allow self-enrichment, they'll do it.  I'm pretty sure there have been some campaign managers who've been caught enrolling alts, though I don't remember any recent examples (and note that I haven't read this thread in its entirety, so somebody might have pointed out examples).

This is a forum that attracts shenanigans.  I'm not sure it started off that way, but ever since signature campaigns became full-time jobs for people all over the world, that's the way it's been.  Doubtful that's going to change unless campaigns get banned or regulated at the admin level, and Theymos probably won't step in to do anything unless it threatens the forum as a whole.