In Snapp & Associates Ins. Services, Inc. v. Robertson (2002) 96 Cal.App.4th 884, the plaintiff insurance broker hired a salesman who brought with him a number of client accounts (TRG accounts). (Snapp, supra, 96 Cal.App.4th at p. 887.) In February 1993, the plaintiff learned that the salesman had deposited commissions earned on TRG accounts into his own bank account. Plaintiff confronted the salesman and terminated his employment in March 1993. (Ibid.) Soon thereafter, the plaintiff began receiving notices that the defendant was acting as broker for the terminated salesman on some TRG accounts. The plaintiff caused a "cease and desist" letter to be sent to the defendant in May 1993. (Id. at pp. 887-888.) The plaintiff then pursued the salesman for damages but its efforts were thwarted by his bankruptcy proceedings. Over four years later, in August 1997, the plaintiff filed a complaint against the defendant including a claim under the UCL. (96 Cal.App. 4th at p. 889.) The trial court in Snapp determined the plaintiff's UCL action was time-barred. (Snapp, supra, 96 Cal.App.4th at p. 889.) The appellate court agreed, holding that section 17208 required the action to be commenced within four years after the cause of action accrued. (Snapp, at p. 891.) "Thus, 'the statute begins to run ... irrespective of whether plaintiff knew of its accrual, unless plaintiff can successfully invoke the equitable tolling doctrine.' " (Ibid.) The trial court rejected the plaintiff's claim that the statute did not commence running until the defendant purchased the TRG accounts from the salesman in February 1994. The court noted the first amended complaint had alleged that defendant's solicitation of the plaintiff's former employees and customers " 'started in or about May 1993, and is on-going.' " (Id. at p. 892.) The plaintiff thus knew of a potential claim against the defendant more than four years before it filed its complaint. (Ibid.) The court held the claims barred by the UCL four-year statute of limitations as the defendant's wrongful conduct, although allegedly "ongoing," began and was known to the plaintiff more than four years prior to the action's commencement. (96 Cal.App.4th at p. 892.) In Snapp, the fees at issue were recurring insurance premiums collected over a period of time beginning outside the limitations period and continuing into the limitations period. In the instant action, the fees at issue are recurring "excess copy charges" imposed over a period of time beginning outside the limitations period and continuing into the limitations period. The court in Snapp held that the very first allegedly improper brokering charge, which became known to the plaintiff soon after its imposition, commenced the running of the four-year statute of limitations, barring the plaintiff's claim even though the plaintiff asserted that the imposition of such charges was "ongoing." (Snapp, supra, 96 Cal.App.4th at pp. 891-892.) In Snapp the plaintiff asserted common law and statutory causes of action including a claim under the UCL. The underlying wrong was the theft of insurance client accounts and commissions by one Gwin, who had long ago fled the country. The lawsuit was filed against defendant Robertson for his role in the misappropriation of the customer accounts. Although the complaint was filed more than four years after the conversion took place, the plaintiff argued that the statute of limitations did not bar his claims because of the delayed discovery rule and equitable tolling. (96 Cal.App.4th at p. 887