Well, I think that the fact that he used Zelaron to get someone else's account information, just so he could steal their items and delete their characters is more than enough to warrant a ban.

I also think that since he did fess up to this, wasn't trying to pull a smoothy on anyone, and got his bot distributed in the process, that maybe a Permanent Ban is not in place. I do feel as though he should be banned for a good amount of time, just not permanently.