United States v. Kwame Askia

MELLOY, Circuit Judge.

Kwame Ali Askia managed an organization that received federal grant funds to subsidize an after-school program for children. After misappropriating over $5,000 of those funds for personal expenditures, Askia was charged on March 6, 2013, with theft concerning programs receiving federal funds, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 666 (a)(1)(A). Askia moved to dismiss the indictment, arguing that it violated the applicable statute of limitations. Specifically, Askia claimed that the five-year statute of limitations barred his indictment for offenses committed before March 6, 2008,…