This tactic is very common among the high ranked players and it definitely helps them to gain an advantage and thus maintain their high rank, especially since most of their opponents are more inexperienced players who do not understand the intricacies of the freestyle game.
I do not approve of this "strategy" and I have no idea why it is still allowed seeing how often it is abused. I would like to see the programming changed - if a player runs out of time or misses their turn they should still have to wait half of the round to go again.
That being said, there should be no investigation here and there is no case to be made against meathead as long as the programming allows this type of game play.