Bloch was not charged criminally, and moved to North Carolina. Despite his substantial assets, Bloch chose menial work as a supermarket cashier, beginning in 1992.<ref>[http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A15586 Spy Like Us?] Indy, 7 March 2001</ref> He took a second job driving buses for Chapel Hill Transit. He appears to have lived an uneventful life there but was arrested twice for shoplifting, first in 1993 and again in 1994. Despite being caught by bagger Shannon Norman and the store manager, the 1993 charge was dismissed. Bloch pledpleaded guilty to shoplifting in 1994, receiving a 30-day suspended sentence. In a 2001 interview, Bloch's bus-driving supervisor described him as a good employee who worked hard.<ref>[http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A15586 Independent Weekly: Spy Like Us?<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>