Board Thread:Skyrim/@comment-107.211.108.16-20141024182357/@comment-88.66.108.130-20150331223218

I believe you might as well use the console to cheat the gold ("player.additem f 1500") or remove the bounty ("paycrimegold 0 0 00029DB0") to keep any stolen items, but where's the point in that? Sure, you can cheat if you want to but the way the thread title was worded suggested a legit way. Cheating obviously makes things easier but if you want to avoid having to pay the bounty you can also wait with finishing the stormcloak questline and conquer Solitude after incurring the bounty and later finishing the two battles in Haafingar, which should clear it, or you can finish the thieves guild's questline and use your properties as thief to pay a lower fine and keep your stolen loot.