To an extent, yes. Although, it has more to do with SE severely underestimating how bad botting is getting outside Japan because it's far less common there. That, and to some degree I wonder if they even want to ban these accounts since it's money at the end of the day. No matter how you slice it, their inaction has led to more and more botting because everyone knows they won't do a thing about it unless you're an idiot and say something in-game.