For systematic employee fraud of approximately $43,000 over six months involving breach of trust, no restitution, and no prospect of restitution, a head sentence of three years imprisonment suspended after nine months actual custody is within range, notwithstanding a guilty plea, no criminal history, cooperation with authorities, and a gambling addiction as the motivation for the offending. The case provides a useful survey of comparable Queensland sentencing authorities for breach of trust employee fraud offences.
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