The reason it seems sloppy is they need to rely on useful idiots to do the dirty work while they keep their hands clean. That Ruby woman isn't some mastermind establishment operative. She's just a tool and there's plenty of them in cities like Philly willing to commit crimes and when the system is goading you on to do it, you will think the payoff is worth the very small potential risk.
This is precisely what happened.
In 2020, they panicked and got sloppy with the cheating.
They didn't get sloppy. They always were.
The reason it seems sloppy is they need to rely on useful idiots to do the dirty work while they keep their hands clean. That Ruby woman isn't some mastermind establishment operative. She's just a tool and there's plenty of them in cities like Philly willing to commit crimes and when the system is goading you on to do it, you will think the payoff is worth the very small potential risk.