Abuse of Liquid Leadership

Could coercion, bullying, bribery or other types of manipulation allow "leaders" to seize votes using the Liquid Leadership model?

The full weight of the law may not prevent such abuse: People may be too intimidated to call the police. However, one idea to safeguard the process could involve an automatic email connection between everyone syndicated to any one leader: the more supporters they garnered the bigger the syndicate would become, forming a mutual support network that may build sufficient courage to bring charges against a corrupt leader.