This is on the same level (IMO) like when Site A pays SEO company to make SITE B appear as SPAM (usually by spamming SITE B's links on commenting systems with some vague texts).
Had read this on discussion forums a lot when "Scrapebox" and the likes were used (2010-12ish)
Had read this on discussion forums a lot when "Scrapebox" and the likes were used (2010-12ish)