To tell the truth, Steem is decentralised blockchain, that means everyone is free to do what they like, normally nobody can force people for example to do their selfie.

@ponpase has done couple of such selfies but this did not guarantee that he cheated people:

https://steemit.com/hive-144064/@ponpase/my-self-verification-in-the-beauty-of-creativity-community

Anyway, you are lucky that you stay away from him, it is dishonest to take all the rewards especially when he is still posting through his acocunt