III.
ACCRUAL & STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS
LIMITATIONS POSITION
Civil RICO claims are subject to a four-year limitations period.
Under the Fifth Circuit injury-discovery rule, each claim accrues when the claimant discovers—or through reasonably diligent investigation should discover—the particular injury to business or property. Discovery of the complete racketeering pattern, every participating person, or the full legal significance of the conduct is not required.
Where the same asserted RICO course produces separate injuries at different times, each new and independent injury accrues separately when that injury is discovered or reasonably should have been discovered.
CONTROLLING AUTHORITIESAgency Holding Corp. v. Malley-Duff & Associates, Inc., 483 U.S. 143, 152–56 (1987)
Rotella v. Wood, 528 U.S. 549, 553–61 (2000)
Love v. National Medical Enterprises, 230 F.3d 765, 773–75 (5th Cir. 2000)
Petrobras America, Inc. v. Samsung Heavy Industries Co., 9 F.4th 247, 253–56 (5th Cir. 2021)
EARLIEST ASSERTED INJURY
EARLIEST OCCURRENCE-DATE DEADLINE
LATER INJURY PERIOD
EXTERNAL DISCOVERY EVENT
FORMAL RECONCILIATION
CLAIMANT-SPECIFIC DISCOVERY
The discovery inquiry is applied separately to Two Sisters Dairy LLC and Anastasia Anne Thiele.
TWO SISTERS DAIRY LLCUnder the adverse-interest rule, knowledge held by an agent acting adversely to the company and entirely for the agent’s own or another person’s purpose is excluded from company knowledge.
The company-discovery record therefore identifies:
- who held the information;
- that person’s relationship to the company;
- the adverse interest under which the person acted;
- what injury information was withheld;
- when a non-adverse company representative obtained the relevant records;
- and when reconciliation first disclosed the company’s injury.
Anastasia Anne Thiele’s discovery is evaluated from what she personally knew—or through reasonable diligence should have known—about each specific injury to her separately held business or property interests.
Discovery is evaluated injury by injury: each undisclosed allocation, diverted payment, concealed account destination, tax consequence, and claimant-specific economic injury carries its own discovery record.
INJURY-BY-INJURY ACCRUAL RECORD
| CLAIMANT & INJURY | INJURY-PRODUCING EVENT | ASSERTED DISCOVERY | OCCURRENCE-DATE DEADLINE | DISCOVERY-RULE DATE | SUPPORT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DUAL-COMPENSATION OBLIGATION | Fixed obligation dated October 20, 2022; payment or allocation completed through the July 2024 closing | November 2025 reconciliation | OCTOBER 20, 2026 | NOVEMBER 2029 | RECORD 0321 | RECORD 0635 | RECORD 0654 |
| HEIFER RANCH TRANSFER | February 22, 2023 closing; $0.00 cash reported to the identified seller | June 14, 2026 closing-file review | FEBRUARY 22, 2027 | JUNE 14, 2030 | RECORD 0400 |
| HERD-PROCEEDS ROUTING | Herd-sale proceeds moved through identified accounts from January through April 2023 | June 14, 2026 account analysis | JANUARY–APRIL 2027 | JUNE 14, 2030 | RECORD 0379 | RECORD 0417 |
| TAX MISATTRIBUTION | Accounting and return entries attributing company items to the operator’s Social Security number | October–November 2025 tax and account reconciliation | FOUR YEARS FROM THE IDENTIFIED RETURN OR ASSESSMENT EVENT | OCTOBER–NOVEMBER 2029 | RECORD 0350 | RECORD 0351 |
| FIFTY-PERCENT SELLER ALLOCATION | July 25–26, 2024 closing allocation | July 5, 2026 closing verification | JULY 25–26, 2028 | JULY 5, 2030 | RECORD 0506 |
| ASSETS EXCLUDED FROM THE SALE | July 26, 2024 excluded-assets and side-agreement transactions | June 14, 2026 asset and closing review | JULY 26, 2028 | JUNE 14, 2030 | RECORD 0507 |
| § 1031 PROCEEDS ROUTING | July 26, 2024 qualified-intermediary disbursement | July 5, 2026 verification | JULY 26, 2028 | JULY 5, 2030 | RECORD 0507 |
| TWO SISTERS UNSECURED-CREDITOR POOL | July 26, 2024 closing distribution and subsequent withdrawal | July 5, 2026 verification | JULY 26, 2028 | JULY 5, 2030 | RECORD 0505 | RECORD 0521 |
| FEDERAL TAX LIEN | July 18, 2025 lien against the Florida homestead | July 18, 2025 | JULY 18, 2029 | JULY 18, 2029 | FORM 668(Y)(c) |
| FEDERAL LEVY NOTICE | October 14, 2025 Form 668-A | October 14, 2025 | OCTOBER 14, 2029 | OCTOBER 14, 2029 | FORM 668-A |
| SEIZURE AND RETENTION OF CAPITAL | $293,805.14 posted or removed on November 21, 2025 | November 21, 2025 | NOVEMBER 21, 2029 | NOVEMBER 21, 2029 | ACCOUNT RECORD |
The October 20, 2026 date is the earliest occurrence-date filing deadline. The 2023, 2024, and 2025 injuries carry their own later deadlines, stated row by row above.
A later event receives a new limitations period only for the new and independent injury caused by that event.
ACTUAL DISCOVERY RECORD
The discovery sequence proceeds through:
OCTOBER 14, 2025Federal levy issued through Form 668-A.
NOVEMBER 2025Formal reconciliation of company, tax, account, closing, and property records began.
JUNE 14, 2026Review of the Heifer Ranch closing file, herd-proceeds accounts, and excluded-assets record identified claimant-specific allocations and account destinations.
JULY 5, 2026Verification of the July 2024 settlement statement, qualified-intermediary disbursement, seller allocation, and unsecured-creditor-pool routing identified the closing-level injuries.
The discovery dates are tied to the first record showing the particular injury.
CONSTRUCTIVE-DISCOVERY BARRIERS
The record identifies affirmative barriers preventing earlier discovery of the injuries:
COMPANY-BOOKS LOCKOUTOn April 11, 2022, the company’s 100% owner was excluded from Two Sisters Dairy LLC’s accounting records by written instruction: “I have ordered Isaac not to provide you with any information from today on.”
Her request for a complete QuickBooks backup, administrative login, and password was refused.
BUYER AND FINANCING DISCLOSURETony Martins was first identified to the company’s owner on December 30, 2022, after Martins-affiliated financing and buyer-entity preparation had already begun.
ACCOUNT AND PROCEEDS ROUTINGHerd, operating, sale, exchange, and creditor-pool proceeds were routed through accounts and transaction labels that did not identify the ultimate disposition on their face.
CLOSING AND ALLOCATION RECORDSThe settlement statements, disbursement exhibits, excluded-assets instruments, qualified-intermediary wire, and creditor-pool transactions were not reconciled together until the 2026 closing-file and account review.
These barriers are tied to the specific information required to discover each claimant’s injury.
FRAUDULENT CONCEALMENT
The tolling record identifies the person, the concealed information, the concealing act, the date, the discovery barrier, and the later source revealing it.
| CONCEALING ACT | CONCEALED OR OBSCURED INFORMATION | DATE OR PERIOD | LATER DISCLOSURE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Written company-books lockout | Operating-line activity, company accounts, revenue, obligations, and internal records | APRIL 11, 2022 FORWARD | NOVEMBER 2025–JUNE 2026 RECONCILIATION |
| Interruption of the monthly position-report series | Composition of the $1,671,504.69 operating-line increase | JUNE–JULY 2022 | ACCOUNT AND LOAN-RECORD ANALYSIS |
| Martins-affiliated financing before buyer disclosure | Identity, financing position, and preparation of the transferee; the claimant's own communications during the period contain no reference to the transferee | SEPTEMBER 2021–DECEMBER 2022 | FINANCING AND ENTITY RECORDS |
| Proceeds routed through operating, payroll, checking, escrow, or intermediary accounts | Destination and later use of herd, land, operating, closing, and exchange proceeds | 2022–2024 | 2026 ACCOUNT TRACE |
| 100-acre appraisal description followed by appraisal of 1,436.178 acres | Full property and asset scope of the valuation assignment | SEPTEMBER 2022 | APPRAISAL AND TRANSMITTAL REVIEW |
| Delayed and uncorrected accounting and tax records | Attribution of company revenue, assets, liabilities, and tax consequences | 2023–2025 | LEVY, RETURN, ACCOUNTING, AND AMENDED-RETURN REVIEW |
Fraudulent-concealment tolling rests on concealment of the events forming the basis of the injury and the inability to obtain that record through reasonably diligent investigation.
CONTROLLING AUTHORITY — Petrobras America, Inc. v. Samsung Heavy Industries Co., 9 F.4th 247, 253–56 (5th Cir. 2021)
REASONABLE DILIGENCE
The record identifies affirmative efforts to obtain and evaluate the information:
- December 2021 written objection to the proposed sale-and-repurchase structure;
- demand for a complete QuickBooks backup with administrative credentials;
- written refusal and company-books lockout;
- review of federal lien and levy records;
- commencement of company and tax reconciliation in November 2025;
- review of the Heifer Ranch and dairy closing files;
- tracing of herd, land, operating, exchange, and creditor-pool proceeds;
- review of the appraisal, excluded-assets instruments, disbursement agreements, and account records;
- and preparation of corrections to the tax and ownership record.
Diligence is shown through the dated requests, objections, record collection, reconciliation, and transaction-level tracing.
LATER EVENTS AND THEIR LIMITATIONS FUNCTION
The following events remain relevant to enterprise structure, pattern context, acquisition, maintenance of control, and financial tracing:
NOVEMBER 26, 2025AgTexas refinanced the acquired position for $33,000,000 on November 26, 2025; a further $7,000,000 note on April 14, 2026 brought the position to $40,000,000.
JANUARY–MAY 2026BMO terminated its UCC and released its deeds of trust as the AgTexas position was recorded and modified.
The refinancing and release events form part of the record showing maintenance, financing, and institutional transfer of the acquired position.
The 2023 Heifer Ranch gain, the 2024 dairy-closing seller and exchange allocations, the later federal assessment, the lien, the levy, the seizure and retention of approximately $293,805.14, the passport certification, and continuing interest and penalties are separately dated tax and enforcement events. The source of the assessment is assigned as established by the return, examination, transcript, assessment, and allocation records. See Section VIII, IRS & Institutional Enforcement, and Section IX, Separate Tax Paths.
CONTROLLING DATES
| DATE | EVENT | LIMITATIONS FUNCTION |
|---|---|---|
| APRIL 11, 2022 | Company-books lockout | Discovery barrier |
| OCTOBER 20, 2022 | Earliest asserted injury | Earliest occurrence-date deadline: October 20, 2026 |
| FEBRUARY 22, 2023 | Heifer Ranch closing | Separately accruing property and proceeds injury |
| JULY 26, 2024 | Dairy closing | Separately accruing allocation, asset, exchange, and proceeds injuries |
| JULY 18, 2025 | Federal tax lien | New property and credit injury |
| OCTOBER 14, 2025 | Federal levy notice | External discovery event and separate enforcement injury |
| NOVEMBER 2025 | Formal reconciliation began | Evidence of actual discovery |
| NOVEMBER 21, 2025 | $293,805.14 seizure or posting | Separate loss of capital |
| JUNE–JULY 2026 | Closing-file and account verification | Discovery of claimant-specific allocation and routing injuries |