For stealing as a servant involving approximately $69,000 stolen from a small business through manipulation of accounting software, followed by flight overseas, a total effective sentence of 15 months' immediate imprisonment (after a 20% guilty plea discount) is within the range of sentences reasonably open to a sentencing judge. The absence of a causal connection between mental health issues and the offending, the sophistication of the offending, and the gross abuse of trust may justify immediate imprisonment notwithstanding the offender's lack of prior record and partial restitution.
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