An 18-month total effective sentence (with 9-month release) was upheld for social security fraud totalling approximately $50,000 involving multi-level deception over about two years, notwithstanding full restitution, early guilty pleas, no prior record, and good rehabilitation prospects. Delay of approximately 18 months between referral of the brief and commencement of prosecution did not warrant a sentence reduction where the delay was not inordinate, was not caused by dilatory conduct, and was conducive to the mitigating circumstance of full restitution.
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