sock puppeteer

Etymology
From, after the model of.

Noun

 * 1) A person who controls a sock puppet.
 * 2) * 2005 December 21, Shelley Powers, "Yo! Sock Puppets!" on Burningbird.net:
 * It is intent to deceive or to dabble in malicious mischief that sets a sock puppeteer apart from a legitimate user with multiple accounts.
 * 1) * 2014, Timothy R. Levine, Encyclopedia of Deception, Vol. II, s.v. Sockpuppetry:
 * The idea of a sock puppeteer as a minion was an extension of the term that was published in 2000 by U.S. News and World Report.
 * The idea of a sock puppeteer as a minion was an extension of the term that was published in 2000 by U.S. News and World Report.