18 U.S.C. § 3301: Securities fraud offenses

(a) Definition.—In this section, the term “securities fraud offense” means a violation of, or a conspiracy or an attempt to violate—(1) section 1348; (2) section 32(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78ff(a)); (3) section 24 of the Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77x); (4) section 217 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80b–17); (5) section 49 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a–48); or (6) section 325 of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. 77yyy). (b) Limitation.—No person shall be prosecuted, tried, or punished for a securities fraud offense, unless the indictment is found or the information is instituted within 6 years after the commission of the offense.