The relevant issue in sentencing for multiple fraud offences is the criminality revealed by the offences, not the number of charges. Cumulative sentences are appropriate where the offender resumed fraudulent activity after release on parole, even where the offences form part of a broader scheme. The Court of Criminal Appeal lacks jurisdiction to impose sentence where the sentencing court inadvertently failed to do so; the matter must be remitted.
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