Legal Question in Criminal Law in California

Fraud Charges

I am wondering what to do with this situation as I am desperately attempting to avoid any problems at my workplace, which is extremely sensitive to allegations of this type. I was accused of embezzling over twenty thousand dollars in a police report filed in December 2005. I recently picked up a copy of the police report and found that its status is ''suspend'' with the following notes ''regarding this case and due to the tolling of the statute of limitations, low chances of evidence recovery for incidents occurring in 2003-2004, and durations of time in which the crime should have been reasonably discovered, no follow up investigation will be conducted at this time.''

I am innocent of these charges and am just trying to avoid any problems that invite rumors.

What are the statute of limitations on such a case? Do I still need to worry about this mess since I have never been contacted by the police?

Thank you for your help.


Asked on 4/17/06, 1:40 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Lyle Johnson Bedi and Johnson Attorneys at Law

Re: Fraud Charges

No one can answer the question about what will happen with this matter. There are severa reasons that the police have not contacted you at this time. The general rule is that the statute of limitations for a felony is three years. In the case of embezzlement the statute of limitations does not begin to run until the taking of the money is discovered. However, the statute may commence to run sooner if the embezzlement should have reasonably been discovered sooner. Generally you have to just hang in there and wait for the time to pass.

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Answered on 4/20/06, 9:56 pm


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