A sentencing judge may structure a sentence for multiple fraud counts by grouping offences according to victims and ordering cumulation to reflect various aspects of the illegal enterprise, rather than imposing smaller individual sentences with more orders for cumulation. Where individual sentences on continuing criminal enterprise offences appear high, they must be assessed in the context of the sentence as a whole and the structured approach adopted.
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