Cudos to the devloper for a long thought out hack. 2005 to 2011. I'm not saying, what he did was right, but he sure was patient about it.
Which is also why they caught him.
It could be dumbness, but it's also a common trait in high IQ people -- I've read stories and know personally lot of them who end up badly, similarly or otherwise...
Still, randomness being random, one day should happen that there are too much winers some years. Else, maybe the cheaters are on the other side of the game.