identity theft/credit card fraud Fraud, Embezzlement, Bad Checks

About four years ago, a "friend" of mine used my identity/credit information to get a credit card, run up a high balance and cause problems in my credit records. This "friend" paid the credit card off in full and I have been able to correct my credit records, but I admit that I have been carrying anger all this time. What is the statute of limitations on when criminal charges for this action could be filed?

 

Sorry not to have been clearer in the original message. You are right that I am not considering a civil case; before gathering all the evidence together, locating witnesses, etc. to take the full information to the DA, I thought I should check about the statute of limitations to see if it would be too old.