Having seen this post - i wanted to add something to this thread.
We have also experienced something similar to this in our coalition.
We had a member join - he was new and given the rank of trainee. Our policy on orich use is based on def kept in the panthions and capital. as he had placed 10 million defense in the pans, he was granted orich use and told what he was allowed to take.
The next day he asked for capital permissions - which of course were not granted to him. He then used all orich from all our pans. This happens when you recruit people - it is a risk. What in interesting is our orich spending history report.
in the report you can see his rank changed twice. He gave himself pole rank somehow. I am the Hedge of our coalition, and only the hedge can grant this rank.
I assure you i was not online at the time and i did not give him any rank in any way at all.
https://prnt.sc/i8petd
here you can see his rank move from pole to commander and back to pole
when he was discovered and kicked by one of my poles - he had the rank of commander once again - a rank that my poles claim they did not grant
(and please remember - the rank of pole that he had before can only be granted by the hedge aka me)