Thank for that SA. I've been wondering about the Statute of Limitations that the defence will probably try to argue.
Sleuthing on the NY Statute of Limitations, I think it's possible the DA may be relying on when they were able to obtain the documents vs when the actual crime is alleged to have occurred.
Not knowing what the actual charges might be, but taking a leap:
Excerpt from:
Legislation
8. an action based upon fraud; the time within which the action must
be commenced shall be the greater of six years from the date the cause
of action accrued
or two years from the time the plaintiff or the person
under whom the plaintiff claims discovered the fraud, or could with
reasonable diligence have discovered it.