Ex con or not is irrelevant as to how good his body looks as a bbuilder. Further, in my opinion, unless he did something that actually harmed someone else, he should not have been a con anyhow, so its no problem with me.
As for the pic, he looks awesome. Would have likely won 2008 Olympia.
As for Synthol, what to do with his calfs, etc, that is a philosophical discusison. Is BB about building a body just by doing exercise? Or are steroids OK? And synthol? And implants? Etc? I am not sure of he answer on that. Part of me thinks chemicals are OK to stimulate muscle. But now, I am starting to also think that BB is evolving to a point where its about making the very most awesome physical appearance. And that means synthol and implants would qualify. the challenge being to make it look as though it fits with the rest of the body parts (ie a guy like Flex or Valentino would clearly get low marks for not being balanced and looking rediculous)