18 U.S.C. § 3293
Section 3293 · Financial institution offenses
Amended 3 times on record
Applied in 48 court decisions — leading case United States v. Mann (1998)
Most recently applied in United States v. Chad Griffin (August 2023)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
No person shall be prosecuted, tried, or punished for a violation of, or a conspiracy to violate—
(2) section 1341 or 1343, if the offense affects a financial institution; or
(3) section 1963, to the extent that the racketeering activity involves a violation of section 1344;
unless the indictment is returned or the information is filed within 10 years after the commission of the offense.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Amendments
1994—Par. (1). Pub. L. 103–322 struck out “1008,” after “1007,” and inserted “1033,” after “1014,”.
1990—Par. (3). Pub. L. 101–647 added par. (3).
Effective Date of 1990 Amendment
Section 2505(b) of Pub. L. 101–647 provided that: “The amendments made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall apply to any offense committed before the date of the enactment of this section [Nov. 29, 1990], if the statute of limitations applicable to that offense had not run as of such date.”
Effect of This Section on Offenses for Which Prior Period of Limitations Had Not Run
Section 961(l)(3) of Pub. L. 101–73 provided that: “The amendments made by this subsection [enacting this section] shall apply to an offense committed before the effective date of this section [Aug. 9, 1989], if the statute of limitations applicable to that offense under this chapter had not run as of such date.”