Is it permissible to eat food that originated from unlawful sources, is leftover, still edible, but would otherwise be thrown into the garbage?

Some scholars have stated that if someone purchases something with ill-gotten money, the prohibition does not relate to the item in which the money was consumed, but rather to the buyer's financial liability. Therefore, if someone purchases something with ill-gotten money, it is permissible to sell it and permissible to buy it from him, because the illicit nature is attached to the seller's liability. There is no harm in benefiting from food purchased with ill-gotten money, nor should it be left to spoil, due to the prohibition against squandering wealth, which is spending money in unlawful ways and exposing it to ruin.