My question involves court procedures for the state of: Utah
I am currently being charged with Insurance fraud in the criminal courts in the state of Utah. My attorney (wish I just would have gone public) is trying to talk me into taking a plea bargain. I feel that the state is just taking a cut to look like they did something, and then handing the case over to the insurance company to settle in civil court. The way I see it, if I can't win in criminal court (its funny, he said I had an 80% chance of winning before the deal was offered and now I only have a 30% with no new evidence introduced), I have no chance in hell in civil. So here is my question, and I don't trust my attorney to give me an honest answer:
Can I be sued by the insurance company in civil court once the 3 year statute of limitations has passed? It will pass in February (the discovery of "fraud"). He claims that they can sue me at any time after the trial (past the 3 years) by saying that they were awaiting the results of the criminal proceedings to file their case and therefore they can toll the statute. I guess I need to know, how realistic is this scenario? In general would a court be more likely, or less likely to accept the insurance companies argument?

