User blog comment:Ferdinand Clemente (Cadet)/Letter to the degenerate Philip V Clemente/@comment-5226758-20160529013927/@comment-26510685-20160529024033

It's extremely unlikely that these were forged, considering if these were forged, the statistics would be MUCH more one-sided.

As for the profile picture, that could easily be a problem with steam not updating. Not seeing other people's steam profile pictures is a common thing, especially if you're battling for the first time.