Money Robot Software -> Money Site Direct Link Building Question

A competitor used moneyrobot software to build direct links to money sites, boosting page rankings.
Everyone says that MoneyRobot software is bad, but why is the page ranking going up?
This is a link that I put in money robot software when I looked it up on ahrefs.

Money Robot will increase page ranking but it can be harmful for your site. You can get a penalty on Google for your website.