The short answer: It depends. But it's usually five years. The DOJ manual on prosecuting computer crimes[1] is in an interesting document to browse. The long

The short answer: It depends. But it's usually five years. The DOJ manual on prosecuting computer crimes[1] is in an interesting document to browse. The long answer: It depends on the crime & sometimes the victim. There's a pretty good summary of all Federal Crimes (including many that can't be committed with a computer, at least not yet) starting on page 20 of this report.[2] Sometimes the statute of limitations doesn't begin to countdown until the crime is discovered or until the victim turns 18. Serious crimes, like espionage or terrorism, don't typically have any statute of limitations. [1] [PDF] https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/criminal-ccips/legacy/2015/01/14/ccmanual.pdf https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/criminal-ccips/l... [2] [PDF] https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL31253.pdf https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL31253.pdf