A head sentence of seven years imprisonment with parole eligibility after 28 months is within the proper range for a sophisticated fraud of approximately $610,000 committed over 20 months by a first offender who cooperated with authorities and made partial restitution, where the maximum penalty is ten years. The fact that other offenders have received more lenient sentences does not establish that the sentence imposed was outside the proper range.
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