Statute of limitations on check fraud
About 3 yrs ago, my girlfriends brother came to me and asked me to deposit a check for $3500 into my bank account, because he just moved back to town, and that was his final paycheck from his old job. I then deposited the check, and after it cleared, withdrew the funds, and paid his money to him. THE CHECK CLEARED THE BANK!! Then a few weeks later, the Investigator at the local police dept called me saying that the check was a fraud, and my bank acct was frozen. To this day, they froze almost $1000 of my money, and I haven't heard any more about it, Is there a statute of limitations on this, so I can get my money back, because with gas prices, you know it will be used, lol... Please someone help me with this problem.