User blog comment:Hippogriff12/The Scarcity of Racists in Skyrim/@comment-173.20.179.52-20120727011401/@comment-5135631-20120802005920

The example you mentioned wouldn't make you a criminal, I agree, but failing to report your criminal uncle to the law when you know what he is doing is morally wrong if not a crime, and if you didn't know he was a criminal then it is not comparable to Keerava's situation.

Keerava was dealing with them, because she was furthering their grip on Riften's businesses and accepting money that may very well have been stolen, and Keerava knew all this. This doesn't necessarily make Keerava a bad person, but supporting an illegal organization is a crime, and it is what they were doing.