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Questions regarding possible cheating and perfect games

So I've been reporting a particular player to the moderators for cheating based on evidence I consider pretty strong. I've submitted three reports and so far no action. So I'm wondering what some of you might think about the evidence. Is the following damning evidence, as I'm thinking it to be, or not really?

Here's the content of my last report. I've removed the players' names and the links to the games to preserve the anonymity of the player in question. All other information is untouched.

I'd be grateful for any feedback. For example, am I right in thinking that this many near-perfect games in 3 days is virtually unheard of at a 1500-level with Rapid time controls?

Thanks
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Moderators, the following games from just the past 72 hours are clear evidence of engine use by this player. The odds of someone playing a dozen virtually perfect games under Rapid time controls in 3 days are somewhere in the vicinity of 1 in a million. Note that this player's Rapid rating has climbed from a non-provisional rating of 1058 to 1529, nearly 500 points, in just one week.

1. Vs. XXXXXXXXXX. 17 moves. 0 Inaccuracies, 0 Mistakes, 0 Blunders. Avg Centipawn Loss: 21.

2. Vs. XXXXXXXXXX. 24 moves. 0 Inaccuracies, 0 Mistakes, 0 Blunders. Avg Centipawn Loss: 14.

3. Vs. XXXXXXXXXX. 27 moves. 0 Inaccuracies, 0 Mistakes, 0 Blunders. Avg Centipawn Loss: 8.

4. Vs. XXXXXXXXXX. 10 moves. 0 Inaccuracies, 0 Mistakes, 0 Blunders. Avg Centipawn Loss: 12.

5. Vs. XXXXXXXXXX. 13 moves. 0 Inaccuracies, 0 Mistakes, 0 Blunders. Avg Centipawn Loss: 14.

6. Vs. XXXXXXXXXX. 20 moves. 0 Inaccuracies, 0 Mistakes, 0 Blunders. Avg Centipawn Loss: 11.

7. Vs. XXXXXXXXXX. 12 moves. 0 Inaccuracies, 0 Mistakes, 0 Blunders. Avg Centipawn Loss: 14.

8. Vs. XXXXXXXXXX. 30 moves. 0 Inaccuracies, 0 Mistakes, 0 Blunders. Avg Centipawn Loss: 14.

9. Vs. XXXXXXXXXX. 10 moves. 0 Inaccuracies, 0 Mistakes, 0 Blunders. Avg Centipawn Loss: 15.

10. Vs. XXXXXXXXXX. 31 moves. 0 Inaccuracies, 0 Mistakes, 0 Blunders. Avg Centipawn Loss: 11.

11. Vs. XXXXXXXXXX. 17 moves. 0 Inaccuracies, 0 Mistakes, 0 Blunders. Avg Centipawn Loss: 25.

Thanks for your attention to this matter.

GSP0113
Two possibilities: mods disagreed with your assessment or the report is still in the queue. Give it some time.
I assumed at the beginning of your post that it would be ambiguous, but having read it I certainly think you are probably right, if all the evidence is true.

But calling either the person or the moderators out about it publicly is unlikely to ever lead to anything.
@Chuck_Fess Maybe I need to state this explicitly: By posting here, I'm not trying to get this player reprimanded; that was what my reports are for. What I'm doing here is asking a question: Am I right in thinking that this many near-perfect games in 3 days is virtually unheard of at a 1500-level with Rapid time controls?

I'm genuinely asking the question. I occasionally play a "triple-nought" game (0 Inaccuracies, 0 Mistakes, 0 Blunders), but they are generally few and far between. In this particular player's case, he's playing a lot -- something like 25 per day. Ergo, these 11 games are less than 20% of the games he's playing. Some of the other games are remarkably good (for example, 1 inaccuracy only), but others are more typical (4 Inaccuracies, 5 Mistakes, 4 Blunders).

What I'm looking for is feedback along the lines of, "Not an issue. When I'm playing lots of games every day, it isn't unusual for me to have 3 triple-nought games in 24 hours, especially if some of the games are short" OR "This smells -- there are several games with about 30 moves that are almost perfect, which isn't going to happen without an engine."
He's not hacking your bank account, so why worry about it? Eventually he will get bored or banned.
@GSP0113 if posts in the forum are any indication, then I assume they are so inundated by reports about cheaters that individual responses is impractical. In any case, you’ve filed the report, I don’t know why you care or feel entitled to know what happens after that.
@Chuck_Fess Can you explain how you got the impression that I "feel entitled to know what happens" after I filed a report? Where did I even suggest such a thing?

If you need assistance in understanding the purpose of my post, please see comment #6, which was addressed to you, but which you apparently didn't bother to read.

Thanks.
@GSP0113
Some people on this site get absolutely triggered if you talk about cheating and try to shame you into never bringing it up again. They literally troll the forums looking for any mention of it so they can rage type. Suspicious behavior if you ask me.

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