Do I still need to pursue a lawsuit after the credit card fraud prosecution period has expired? If the statutory maximum penalty is fixed-term imprisonment of less than 5 years, 5 years have passed; 2. If the statutory maximum penalty is fixed-term imprisonment of more than 5 years but less than 10 years, 10 years have passed; 3. The statutory maximum penalty If the penalty is fixed-term imprisonment of more than 10 years, 15 years have passed; 4. If the statutory maximum penalty is life imprisonment or death, 20 years have passed. If it is deemed necessary to pursue prosecution after 20 years, it must be reported to the Supreme People's Procuratorate for approval. China's criminal law also stipulates that those who evade investigation or trial after judicial organs take compulsory measures are not subject to the limitation of the prosecution period. Whoever commits the crime of credit card fraud shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention, and shall also be fined not less than 20,000 yuan but not more than 200,000 yuan; if the amount is huge or there are other serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years but not more than 10 years, and shall also be fined not less than 20,000 yuan but not more than 200,000 yuan. A fine of not less than 10,000 yuan but not more than 500,000 yuan; if the amount is particularly huge or there are other particularly serious circumstances, the offender shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years or life imprisonment, and shall also be fined not less than 50,000 yuan but not more than 500,000 yuan, or have property confiscated. To sum up, if someone commits the crime of credit card fraud, he may be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention, then the statute of limitations is 5 years; if he is likely to be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years but not more than 10 years, the statute of limitations is 10 years; if he may be sentenced to 10 years For the above fixed-term imprisonment or life imprisonment, the statute of limitations for prosecution is 15 years; therefore, the statute of limitations for the crime of credit card fraud may be subject to the longest statute of limitations. If a person has not been prosecuted after 20 years, he will no longer bear criminal liability. The constituent elements of the crime of credit card fraud are as follows: 1. The objects violated by this crime are the credit card management system and the ownership of public and private property. 2. The objective aspect of this crime is that the perpetrator uses credit cards to defraud public and private property by fabricating facts or concealing the truth. 3. The subject of this crime is a general subject, and natural persons can become the criminal subject of this crime. 4. The subjective aspect of this crime is intentionality, and it is direct intention. The perpetrator must also have the subjective purpose of illegally possessing public and private property. Indirect intentional and negligent crimes cannot constitute this crime. Article 6 of the "Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate on Several Issues Concerning the Specific Application of Laws in Handling Criminal Cases Obstructing the Management of Credit Cards" stipulates: Knowing that one has no ability to repay a large amount of overdrafts that cannot be returned, recklessly squandering overdraft funds that cannot be returned, escaping or changing contacts To evade bank collection, evade, transfer funds, conceal property to avoid repayment, use overdraft funds to carry out illegal and criminal activities, etc., is "for the purpose of illegal possession"; exceed the prescribed limit or overdraft within the prescribed period, and have been called for collection twice by the card-issuing bank If the amount is not returned more than 3 months later, it shall be deemed as a "malicious overdraft"; if the amount is more than 10,000 yuan but less than 100,000 yuan, it is a "large amount", and if it is more than 100,000 yuan but less than 1 million yuan, it is a "large amount". Huge amount", and "especially huge amount" if the amount is more than 1 million yuan. Based on what has been said above, the prosecution period for credit card fraud is determined based on the amount of the fraud. If someone wants to use other methods to delay the prosecution period, it is generally impossible. The greater the amount of fraud, the higher the sentence. The higher the penalty, the longer the prosecution period will be. Therefore, if you make a mistake, you must correct it in a timely manner, and do not vainly expect that you will escape legal responsibility.