The sentencing range for employee fraud involving serious breach of trust over a considerable period, where no restitution is made and the offender has no previous convictions, remains three to five years imprisonment. Attempts to conceal fraud through further dishonesty when detected, and failure to make restitution, are properly taken into account in sentencing. The absence of medical evidence of a psychiatric condition related to gambling addiction does not reduce moral culpability.
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