This was always kind of true. It's up to the police to bust you for your illegal activities. They'll just bust you for not paying your taxes, a la Al Capone. Remember, it wasn't the illegal booze, or all the murders that got him. It was taxes.

Same goes for, say, grow ops back when weed was illegal. I knew guys who grew all the weed they could, but made sure to pay their power bill, and didn't steal. As long as their bill was paid up, no matter how large, no one cared. Especially if you're on a rural property.

Contrasted with the idiot who was rolling along fine until he decided to get drunk one morning and get on the horn with his power company over a discrepancy in his bill. So they send out guys who find a hookup that isn't theirs headed towards the attic .....

Want to get away with shit? Pay your bills, keep your head down, and never talk, just do what you're doing to do and that's it.