If one of the ways people can target expertise is via endorsements then that will have to be revisited (is there anyone here who didn't expect me to bring this up yet again). When a member's endorsements were obviously achieved by self-endorsement then those endorsements should be removed. It's one thing when the advice is free, another entirely when it is paid-for. The OP has the right to expect that endorsements (a measure of a member's standing in the community) was legitimately earned.
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