The BMM gold mining conspiracy
I was pirating shipping the other day in New London... and what should I discover other than a transport shipping gold TO Dublin. I killed and looted it at the Dublin jumphole before I learnt it's final destination but I have a hunch it was GRAVES STATION.
Graves - Hood price discrepancy. Graves has higher gold prices than Battleship Hood, despite Graves being in the richest pocket of gold in the universe.
The Corsairs: Since when do Corsairs have friends? Yet the Corsairs patrol Graves station with impunity. It's pretty obvious BMM gets the corsairs to do some dirty work; perhaps removing pesky Freelancers mining BMM's gold? Hey it sure beats having to pay the freelancer to get the gold back.
I'll cut to the chase, BMM is hoarding gold on/outside graves station to artificially inflate gold prices and they have illicit dealings with the corsairs.
(ps much of this can be attributed to AI idiocy, but you have to admit, it fits kinda well)