There was a pickpocket who could steal gold from you, though. If you met his wife first you could stop him in the initial cutscene conversation, otherwise you could talk to him again to get your gold back.
I remember him now, altough he was no part of the guild as far as we know. Let us drop the item of loosing the item then. I think I'll just wait for another topic to feed with my profound ideas that are clearly way ahead of the time

btw Swen uploaded his blog on lar.net
go and see for yourselfves!