How many year's can the state go back when prosecuting for welfare fraud?

With fraud and gov I don't think there is a statute of limitation. I could be wrong. How many years? Most statutes are 7 to 10

There is no statute of limitations for crime.

The IRS will also likely get involved as well.

Hello b:

If it's felony fraud, probably 3 years.. If it's a misdemeanor, probably a year.

excon

It depends!
This spells it out pretty well but if you want to tell us the situation, use Answer below.
Article 158 - Penal Law - Welfare Fraud (http://ypdcrime.com/penal.law/article158.htm)

The issue, is that welfare fraud, can involved not only the money but laying on documents, income tax fraud, and other issues. Also some can involve Federal programs, making it a federal crime also