A sentence of six years' imprisonment with parole eligibility at 20 months is within range for employee fraud involving approximately $373,000 stolen over four years through 579 transactions in breach of trust, even where the offender has no prior criminal history, suffers from a moderate gambling disorder and adjustment disorder with depressed mood, has made partial restitution, and pleads guilty. The early parole eligibility date (substantially less than one-third of the head sentence) is the appropriate mechanism for reflecting substantial mitigating factors while maintaining a substantial head sentence and period of actual custody.
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