This is how exterminators work irl.

Makes me think of The Amazing Maurice.

Which is a take on the old pied piper tale, of course.

Isn’t this also the plot to the frighteners?

He initially uses his new abilities to befriend ghosts, whom he sends to haunt people so that he can charge them handsome fees for "exorcising" the ghosts.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Frighteners

I had to read it twice before I figured out it had nothing to do with Pac-Man.

I remember enjoying a lot this movie at the time, maybe it is time for a rewatch?

The exterminators split the pay with the cockroaches?

Anti-virus software.

Yeah.

This is the plot of the movie "The Frighteners" which is really rather funny

I KNEW IT!