For some copper somewhere its an indoor job with no heavy lifting and no higher officers who know what hes doing. All he has to do to justify being in the warm is gather acceptable results, so there is a motive. Having said that, if I could place bets, I would still go for the scammers, even if life is a bit less easy for them, they are a bit like cockroaches, once you got them, you have a heck of a job getting rid of them.
Sadly, the motive works both ways - yes he needs to catch some, on the other hand, if he is totally successful, hes out of a job in the warm and dry.........