This has been an entertaining read. It really breaks down into three things that cause the furor.
1. Is the DL a cheater? Assuming he does have 2 boost buildings via any method and has chosen not to sell one the answer is YES. GREE is unresponsive to tickets on cheat/hacks, I know that first hand. but a player can fix their own account. He chose not to. He should be banned.
2. Is the faction leader also guilty? Here I was on the fence UNTIL the leader of Hard Hatters message was posted. Then it all became crystal clear and I appreciate his (her?) effort to clear it up. First, let me ask every officer here, are you familiar with all 59 other bases in your faction? Neither am I. The fact that the leader has such intimate knowledge of this base speaks to the complicity in the decision to make the player the DL. So based on his (her?) own statement the guilt is evident. The faction leader chose to put a hacker as DL. Penalize him (her?) as appropriate.
3. Are the other faction players also condoning hacking? Again I refer to a player's knowledge of the other 59. It is,likely they have little,knowledge of the hack. I assume most would not condone the hacker being put in DL role. Only those that speak out here in defense of the move have soiled their reputation. They should be ashamed to continue doing so.
I would venture there are upstanding honorable players who had no knowledge of the leader's decision to endorse hacking. To those players I would say, send me a PM as we are looking for honorable players who still go hard at the game.