As I've emailed you before we weren't sending a fake status, the online list was cached due to a crash (the online list wasn't reset).
Our first priority wasn't to check and clear the online list during this crash. I get your system is automated though, but we weren't down with the cached count very long.
Also it was cached at 612~ we've had much more on average, I think the term spoof is an exaggeration.
That being said we've addressed our crash issue (cast system) so this shouldn't happen again. If you could lift the ban that'd be appreciated.