You could be covering up evidence, you could be in the process of moving/changing locations. I would think that as a general rule law enforcement is going to be less interested in investigating a crime that took place a long time ago then one that happened recently. If you are establishing a repayment schedule and make some number of payments then you could potentially claim in court that this is a debt obligation and not a theft (I would personally believe that it is a theft). If those who have your personal information now can be  swayed to not release it to the public/your victims then they will be more likely to not be willing to release it in the future even if you have not made repayments in a long time.

If you are serious about being comfortable with your personal information being public, then I would suggest that you yourself make it public so anyone who is owed money by you knows where to go if they wish to pursue legal action (legal action should not matter for you because you are going to repay everyone right?)