Hah I've also had this happen to me as well as some colleagues of mine.

Weird bug. And an unfortunate one. At first I was like: -.- then> ._. then> o.o then> O_O then> OMG!!! :O
And finally the realization dons me - Wait... I SHOULDN'T have a player with 9* what the hell?!

The support team never had such cases though. I suppose no one ever felt like reporting this.

I'll report to the guys that there are other players out there who experience this bug.

Thanks Niko.