Bay 12, I have a story for you.
Well, I just came in contact with Squeegy. I was offended by his forceful sexual advances towards me (involving penises), so I murdered him. He was in a room of the humatrope tower (NPC apartment building with locking doors) at the time, and I closed the door to the room we were in after killing him. He came back, couldn't get in the room to get his cocoon, and started whining at me about it.
Being a savvy businessman, I demanded $6000 to open the door. He claimed that he did not have this sum, so he paid me $3000. Then I demanded another $3000, which he promptly paid to me. Of course, this meant he had been lying, so I demanded $2000 as a lying tax.
I opened the door, but he refused to pay, so I stabbed him. He bled down to just a few HP, and I stopped attacking. He sat there being paranoid and crazy for a while, until he finally paid me the $2000. At this point, I allowed him to take his gear and leave.
I waited for him to go to his house, and then tracked him there. Without me asking, he paid me roughly $900 while I was knocking on his door. I had a discussion with Kent, a higher ranking member in Squeegy's (now former) corp, ROME. I struck a deal with Kent: I would not grief, murder, or rob ROME's noobs if Squeegy was fired. Kent fired Squeegy, because this was the deal of a lifetime here. And then he lost his will to live and dropped his gear in AP for the mongrels of hellmoo to pick over.
But I'm sure he has more gear somewhere. And I won't rest until I find it. All of it.