> ## 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 Fraud, Theft, and Embezzlement Sentences in the District of Connecticut, FY2016–2025 - URL: https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-fraud-theft-embezzlement-sentences-district-of-connecticut/ - Published: 2026-11-04T11:12:56.000Z - Updated: 2026-11-04T11:12:56.000Z - Description: The U.S. Sentencing Commission counted 436 people sentenced for fraud, theft, or embezzlement in the District of Connecticut in fiscal years 2016 to 2025. Of these, 81% received a prison term, with a median of 21 months. Restitution was ordered for 83%. - 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 Connecticut, FY2016–202](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-district-district-of-connecticut/) › Fraud, Theft, and Embezzlement: District of Connecticut **In brief:** The U.S. Sentencing Commission counted 436 people sentenced for fraud, theft, or embezzlement in the District of Connecticut in fiscal years 2016 to 2025\. Of these, 81% received a prison term, with a median of 21 months. Restitution was ordered for 83%. 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 436 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/). ## Restitution and Fines in Connecticut Fraud Cases Restitution was ordered for 362 of the 436 people (83%). A fine was ordered for 52 people (12%). Supervised release after prison was ordered for 336 people (77%), with a median term of 36 months. Restitution is a court order to repay money lost by victims. It appears often in this offense type because many cases involve financial loss. The sheet does not give national restitution figures, so no comparison is made here. ## Who Went to Prison and Who Did Not In these cases, 354 of 436 people (81%) received a prison term. Another 56 (13%) received probation only, with no prison or other confinement. In all 94 districts, 73% of people in this offense type were sent to prison. The median prison term was 21 months, and the national median was 20 months. A quarter of those sent to prison received 37 months or more, and a quarter received 8 months or less. Prison terms are the terms imposed, not time served. ## Offense Type and Guidelines The offense type "Fraud/Theft/Embezzlement" is the Commission's own category. It was 14% of the 3,174 people sentenced in the district during this period. The most common primary guideline was §2B1.1 (Larceny, Embezzlement, and Other Forms of Theft), used for 427 people. Other guidelines were far less common: §2B1.4 (Insider Trading) for 5 people, §2X3.1 (Accessory After the Fact) for 1, and §2X1.1 (Attempt, Solicitation, or Conspiracy (Not Covered by a Specific Offense Guideline)) for 1. ## Position Against the Guideline Range A sentence can be within the guideline range, below it, or above it. Here, 26% of sentences (115 people) were within the range, compared with 45% in all districts for this offense type. Another 28% (122 people) were below the range at the government's request. A larger group, 44% (193 people), was below the range without a government request. Only 1% (6 people) was above the range. The district-wide figure for all offenses was 30% within the range. ## Pleas, Trials, and Criminal History Of the 436 people, 411 (94%) pleaded guilty and 25 were convicted after a trial. The national guilty plea rate for this offense type was 96%. More than 99% of the guilty pleas had a written plea agreement. The median prison term after a guilty plea was 21 months. After a trial it was 34.3 months, based on 24 people. That group is small, and the numbers do not show whether the trial caused the longer term. In criminal history, 78% were in the lowest category and 3% in the highest. A mandatory minimum applied to 29 people (7%). ## Year-by-Year Counts The yearly table shows how the numbers moved. The median prison term was 13 months in fiscal year 2023 and 27 months in fiscal year 2022\. Yearly counts ranged from 30 to 55 people. Because each year is small and the medians rise and fall, the table does not show a steady direction. From fiscal years 2016 to 2019, 187 people were sentenced. From fiscal years 2020 to 2025, 249 people were sentenced. | Fiscal year | People sentenced | Median prison | Pleaded guilty | | ----------- | ---------------- | ------------- | -------------- | | 2016 | 45 | 21 months | 91% | | 2017 | 47 | 27 months | 94% | | 2018 | 47 | 21 months | 91% | | 2019 | 48 | 24 months | 94% | | 2020 | 37 | 18 months | 95% | | 2021 | 55 | 15 months | 95% | | 2022 | 40 | 27 months | 98% | | 2023 | 53 | 13 months | 92% | | 2024 | 30 | 21 months | 100% | | 2025 | 34 | 20 months | 97% | ## Limits of the Data The Commission data counts only people who were convicted and sentenced. Acquittals and dismissals are not in it. The fiscal year runs from October 1 to September 30. The records do not show the dollar amounts involved, the facts of any case, or the reasons for a sentence. ### How We Counted Everyone sentenced in federal court in the District of Connecticut (U.S. Sentencing Commission district label "Connecticut") in fiscal years 2016 to 2025 whose offense type was "Fraud/Theft/Embezzlement" (436). 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. **Mandatory minimum sentences.** Many federal statutes on drugs, images of child exploitation, child sex abuse, and firearms carry mandatory minimum prison terms. The UCMJ has mandatory minimums only for a few offenses (a dishonorable discharge or dismissal for rape and sexual assault, and life for premeditated murder). Federal sentences for these offenses are partly set by Congress, not by the judge. ## 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 Connecticut, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-district-district-of-connecticut/) (overview) - [Federal Drug Trafficking Sentences in the District of Connecticut, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-drug-trafficking-sentences-district-of-connecticut/) (same district, other offense type) - [Federal Firearms Sentences in the District of Connecticut, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-firearms-sentences-district-of-connecticut/) (same district, other offense type) - [Federal Robbery Sentences in the District of Connecticut, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-robbery-sentences-district-of-connecticut/) (same district, other offense type) - [Federal Tax Offense Sentences in the District of Connecticut, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-tax-sentences-district-of-connecticut/) (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.