For sentencing under s 400.9(1) of the Criminal Code 1995 (Cth), the amount of money involved is the paramount consideration. A sentence of 6 months' imprisonment for a single offence involving $624,340 (over six times the $100,000 threshold), where the offender's involvement included planning and active steps to divert money and there was no discount for a guilty plea, was manifestly inadequate. The appropriate sentence in such circumstances was 16 months' imprisonment (12 months to serve). The s 400.9(1) offence is not at the lowest end of the Division 400 penalty scale, contrary to the suggestion in Shi v R.
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