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Considerations When Entering Into a Tolling Agreement
Statutes of limitations are an important check on prosecutorial power. Defense counsel in complex white-collar investigations are often asked to waive these important protections by entering into tolling agreements, stopping the clock on the statute of limitations at issue.
Whether such an agreement is actually in a target or subject's best interest presents a difficult question. Among other things, defense counsel must weigh the scope and duration of the proposed agreement, the likelihood that the government will bring charges in the absence of a stipulated standstill, and the possibility that a valid statute of limitations defense to any subsequent charges might exist. In recent months, COVID-19 has also impacted the calculus, since the pandemic has impeded the government's ability to conduct investigations and thus materially lengthened the amount of time necessary to secure an indictment.
|Statutes of Limitations
The phrase "statute of limitations" refers to the time period in which formal criminal charges must be brought after a crime has been committed. Under Title 18, United States Code, §3282, the applicable statute of limitations for most federal crimes is five years. The Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act (FIRREA) established a 10-year statute of limitations for bank and wire fraud, among other offenses, so long as the government alleges and can demonstrate that the defendant's action "affected a financial institution."
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