The Great Recession
Criminal Activities
Sale of adulterated food
Selling adulterated or unsafe food and violating public health/food-safety regulations: knowingly offering and selling food that is contaminated or otherwise illegal to sell for human consumption.
Situation:
"The group harvests and markets 'crabs' taken from local sewage runoff, explicitly acknowledging that those crabs are not legally allowed to be eaten, then sell them on the street and to patrons."
Theft of utilities
Theft of services / unauthorized use of electricity: knowingly accessing and using electricity without authorization or payment (commonly prosecuted as theft of utilities or utility fraud).
Situation:
"Charlie describes chores that include 'siphon[ing] [electricity] from all around the neighborhood' to power Paddy's Pub, and the bar operates using that unmetered power; the owners/staff knowingly rely on and benefit from that illegally obtained electricity."