Pacman has a fake "verified" twitter account

Twitter has been fooled by a fake account of the boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao.

In less that a week the said twitter account has more than 10,000 followers. Pacman already clarified that his true twitter account is @CongMP and not this @mannypacquiao.

The issue here is how this account got verified because verification of an account is not open to public and as per my research you must connect the twitter account to the official website. so, HOW?