It is immaterial, when prosecuting an offender under any of the
criminal provisions, whether the procedure set forth in 18 U.S.C. §
3057(a)
has or has not been followed. Dean v. United States, 51 F.2d 481
(9th
Cir. 1931). This section does not confer any procedural rights upon a
defendant
relating to Speedy Trial or pre-indictment delay. United States v.
Filiberti, 353 F. Supp. 252 (D.Conn. 1973).
To facilitate the investigations required by § 3057(a) the
court
in In re Stockbridge Funding Company, 153 B.R. 654 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y.
1993),
extended a "bankruptcy crimes investigatory privilege" to a Chapter 11
trustee
who had reported a suspected crime. The full extent of coverage of this
privilege has been left open.