Serious social security fraud involving over $70,000 obtained over eight years ordinarily requires a period of actual imprisonment, and even exceptionally traumatic early life circumstances combined with cooperation, remorse, early guilty plea, and genuine repayment efforts are insufficient to justify immediate release on recognizance. On a Crown sentence appeal, the appropriate sentence may be moderated below what would have been imposed at first instance.
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