> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.bodiesburied.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Federal Forgery, Counterfeiting, and Copyright Sentences in the District of Oregon, FY2016–2025 - URL: https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-forgery-counter-copyright-sentences-district-of-oregon/ - Published: 2026-11-04T11:09:12.000Z - Updated: 2026-11-04T11:09:12.000Z - Description: The U.S. Sentencing Commission records 17 people sentenced in the District of Oregon under its "Forgery/Counter/Copyright" category in fiscal years 2016 to 2025. Every one of them pleaded guilty. 53% received a prison term, and the median prison term was 8 months, which is lower than the 17.6 months - Author: Jocelyn C. Stewart - Tags: Understanding Trends, Federal [Trends](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/) › [Federal Prosecution Analysis](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal/) › [Federal Sentences in the District of Oregon, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-district-district-of-oregon/) › Forgery, Counterfeiting, and Copyright: District of Oregon **In brief:** The U.S. Sentencing Commission records 17 people sentenced in the District of Oregon under its "Forgery/Counter/Copyright" category in fiscal years 2016 to 2025\. Every one of them pleaded guilty. 53% received a prison term, and the median prison term was 8 months, which is lower than the 17.6 months for this category in all 94 federal districts together. Updated November 4, 2026 · Sources: U.S. Sentencing Commission and Federal Judicial Center, fiscal years 2016–2025 This post uses the U.S. Sentencing Commission's records of 17 people sentenced in federal court in fiscal years 2016 to 2025\. Acquittals and dismissals come from a second source, the Federal Judicial Center's records of 753,808 federal defendants whose cases ended in fiscal years 2016 to 2025\. It is part of the [Federal Prosecution Analysis](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal/) series, which builds on [Military Moves Toward Sentencing Guidelines to Mirror the Federal System](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/military-sentencing-guidelines-federal-system/). How the numbers were built: [How the Federal Comparison Data Was Built](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-data-methodology/). ## Copyright and Counterfeiting in One Category The Commission sorts each case by its primary guideline. Here, §2B5.3 (Criminal Infringement of Copyright or Trademark) was the primary guideline for 10 people, and §2B5.1 (Offenses Involving Counterfeit Bearer Obligations of the United States) was the primary guideline for 7. The category is a small part of the district's caseload: less than 1% of the 4,319 people sentenced there in fiscal years 2016 to 2025\. A count of 17 means each person accounts for a large share of every percentage below. ## Who Went to Prison 9 of the 17 people received a prison term. 6 (35%) received probation only, which is a sentence with no prison or other confinement. For the 9 sentenced to prison, a quarter received 12 months or more, and a quarter received 5 months or less. These are the terms imposed, not time served. Across all offenses in the district the median prison term was 32 months, which is higher than the 8 months here. In all districts, 77% of people in this category were sent to prison. | Fiscal year | People sentenced | Median prison | Pleaded guilty | | ----------- | ---------------- | ------------- | -------------- | | 2016 | 3 | 0 months | 3 of 3 | | 2017 | 4 | 8.6 months | 4 of 4 | | 2018 | 2 | n/a | 2 of 2 | | 2019 | 2 | 5 months | 2 of 2 | | 2020 | 1 | 37 months | 1 of 1 | | 2021 | 2 | 15 months | 2 of 2 | | 2023 | 1 | n/a | 1 of 1 | | 2024 | 1 | 6 months | 1 of 1 | | 2025 | 1 | n/a | 1 of 1 | ## Restitution Was Usual Restitution, an order to repay losses, was imposed on 14 people (82%). A fine was ordered for 1 person (6%). Supervised release after prison was ordered for 9 people (53%), and its median term was 36 months. ## How the Sentences Compared With the Guideline Range The guideline range is calculated for each case under the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines. Only 18% of sentences (3 people) were within it. Another 41% (7) were below the range at the government's request, and 41% (7) were below it without a government request. None was above. Within-range sentences were 47% for this category in all districts and 22% for all offenses in the District of Oregon. No mandatory minimum applied to any of the 17 people. ## Pleas and Criminal History All 17 pleaded guilty (100%). 94% of the guilty pleas had a written plea agreement, and 6% were straight pleas with no agreement. In the same period, no one in this category was convicted after a trial. By criminal history, 71% were in the lowest category and 6% in the highest. Court-martial records have no criminal history field. ## Reading the Yearly Table 11 people were sentenced in fiscal years 2016 to 2019, and 6 in fiscal years 2020 to 2025\. A fiscal year runs from October 1 to the end of September. Most years list 1 or 2 people, and the table shows n/a where no median could be given. Years with no row had no people in this category. These counts cannot show a trend. The data also leaves out people who were acquitted or whose cases were dismissed, the value of the goods or currency involved, and the facts of any case. ### How We Counted Everyone sentenced in federal court in the District of Oregon (U.S. Sentencing Commission district label "Oregon") in fiscal years 2016 to 2025 whose offense type was "Forgery/Counter/Copyright" (17). Offense types are the Commission's OFFGUIDE categories. Federal fiscal years run from October 1 to September 30\. No person, judge, or lawyer is identified in any of these records. ### What to Keep in Mind **No parole in federal prison; credit for good conduct.** Federal prison has no parole for crimes committed on or after November 1, 1987\. A federal prisoner can earn up to 54 days of good conduct credit for each year of the sentence the judge imposed, which is about 15%. Some federal prisoners can also earn First Step Act time credits, but many offenses make a person ineligible. The numbers in this post are the sentences judges imposed, not the time people actually served. **Federal supervised release.** Most federal prison sentences are followed by a term of supervised release that the judge sets as part of the sentence. A person who violates it can be sent back to prison. A court-martial cannot sentence anyone to supervision after release. Military parole and mandatory supervised release are decided later by a board, not by the judge at trial. **Who decides the sentence, and under what rules.** Federal judges sentence every federal case. They must calculate the Sentencing Guidelines range, which is advisory, and must impose any mandatory minimum the statute requires unless an exception applies. In courts-martial, the accused could choose sentencing by members until the rules changed. For cases in which every guilty finding is for an offense committed after December 27, 2023, a military judge sentences alone, within sentencing parameters. Courts-martial tried in 2024 and later include both old-rule and new-rule cases, and the data cannot tell them apart. **Time periods.** Federal numbers are by federal fiscal year (October 1 to September 30), based on the sentencing date. The military numbers are by trial date. Neither source has the date of the offense, so a change in law shows up in either data set gradually. **How life sentences and "time served" are counted.** In the federal numbers, a life sentence is counted as 470 months, and any other sentence longer than 470 months is counted as just under 470 months. A sentence of "time served" is counted as one day (0.03 months). Averages are affected by these rules; medians much less. ## Related Analysis - [Military Moves Toward Sentencing Guidelines to Mirror the Federal System](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/military-sentencing-guidelines-federal-system/) (the background article) - [Federal Prosecution Analysis](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal/) (all federal posts) - [How the Federal Comparison Data Was Built](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-data-methodology/) (sources and method) - [Federal Sentences in the District of Oregon, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-district-district-of-oregon/) (overview) - [Federal Drug Trafficking Sentences in the District of Oregon, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-drug-trafficking-sentences-district-of-oregon/) (same district, other offense type) - [Federal Firearms Sentences in the District of Oregon, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-firearms-sentences-district-of-oregon/) (same district, other offense type) - [Federal Immigration Offense Sentences in the District of Oregon, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-immigration-sentences-district-of-oregon/) (same district, other offense type) - [Federal Fraud, Theft, and Embezzlement Sentences in the District of Oregon, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-fraud-theft-embezzlement-sentences-district-of-oregon/) (same district, other offense type) - [U.S. Sentencing Commission, Individual Offender Datafiles](https://www.ussc.gov/research/datafiles/commission-datafiles?ref=bodiesburied.com) (source) - [Federal Judicial Center, Integrated Database (criminal defendants)](https://www.fjc.gov/research/idb?ref=bodiesburied.com) (source) **About the author.** Jocelyn C. Stewart is a retired Army JAG with more than 24 years of trying courts-martial and more than 200 jury trials. She hosts *Where All The Bodies Are Buried* and runs the [Law Office of Jocelyn C. Stewart](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/?ref=bodiesburied.com). This analysis is for education and information only. It is not legal advice, and every case is different.