A sentence of one year and nine months' imprisonment with a 12-month non-parole period for employee fraud involving 25 transactions totalling over $200,000 over three years is within range, even where the offender is a youthful first offender with depression, excellent rehabilitation prospects, an early guilty plea, and partial restitution. General deterrence and denunciation remain the primary sentencing considerations for breach of trust fraud offences.
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