United States v. Bogucki

CHARLES R. BREYER, United States District Judge

The government has charged Robert Bogucki, a trader at Barclays Bank, with wire fraud, alleging that Bogucki deceived Hewlett Packard ("HP") in a 2011 options trade. Bogucki moves to dismiss on the ground that the indictment is time-barred. While the government returned the indictment outside the five-year statute of limitations normally applicable to wire fraud, it argues that it is nevertheless timely under a 10-year statute of limitations applicable to fraud that "affects a financial institution." See 18 U.S.C. § 3293(2). Bogucki counters that…