s. 380.1
Sentencing — aggravating circumstances for fraud
Aggravating factors a court must consider on sentencing for fraud.
View official sourcePlain-language explanation
Section 380.1 lists aggravating factors — magnitude, planning, number of victims, abuse of trust, impact on victims — that courts must consider when sentencing fraud offenders.
Legal elements
- • Magnitude, complexity, duration or planning of the fraud
- • Number of victims and impact on them
- • Offender's failure to comply with regulatory requirements
- • Concealment or destruction of records
Investigator notes
- • Often paired with restitution orders under s. 738.
Section text
Without limiting the generality of section 718.2, where a court imposes a sentence for an offence referred to in sections 380, 382, 382.1 and 400, it shall consider the following as aggravating circumstances…
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