Where a head sentence for fraud is imposed at the top of the appropriate range and the offender has demonstrated extraordinary cooperation with authorities and entered a timely guilty plea to an ex officio indictment, parole eligibility should be set no later than at the one-third point of the head sentence. A 15-year effective global sentence was appropriate for a $20.7 million employee fraud over 12 years involving serious breach of trust, but parole eligibility at six years (two-fifths) was insufficient recognition of the cooperation; five years (one-third) was substituted.
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