If more than two acts constitute the pattern, it is permissible to have a time span longer than ten years between the first and last racketeering acts as long as the last racketeering act is within ten years of the prior racketeering act.

The general federal five-year limitations period (18 U.S.C. § 3282) is applicable to RICO prosecutions under each of the subsections of 18 U.S.C. § 1962.488 Thus, for example, in a substantive RICO charge under Section 1962(c), each defendant must have committed at least one act of racketeering within five years of the date of the indictment. However, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3293, a ten-year statute of limitations applies to RICO charges where the racketeering activity involves a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1344 -- bank fraud. If there is more than one defendant in the case, the statute of limitations must be satisfied as to each defendant charged under RICO.