Hardcore - Bandits: Player Griefing

I posted this on the general forums, but as someone mentioned there, this forum might be the more appropriate place. I truly hope this mechanic is not intended, but it unfortunately cost me, and a number of players their Hardcore league characters.

The bandit Kill quests on Hardcore allows you to PERMENANTLY kill(by removed from the HC league) other player characters if you make a different choice.

Players are abusing this functionality by making social groups called "KILL OAK group" or whatever, and pretending they're going to kill the bandit. Instead, they wait until everyone clicks "kill bandit" then choose "help bandit" and murder the unsuspecting pugs. Not a big deal in default, but in hardcore this is incredibly abusive.