> ## 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 Middle District of Georgia, FY2016–2025 - URL: https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-fraud-theft-embezzlement-sentences-middle-district-of-georgia/ - Published: 2026-11-04T11:03:22.000Z - Updated: 2026-11-04T11:03:22.000Z - Description: From fiscal year 2016 to 2025, 408 people were sentenced in the Middle District of Georgia in the Sentencing Commission's "Fraud/Theft/Embezzlement" category. 284 of them (70%) received a prison term, with a median of 24 months. Across all 94 districts, 73% of people in this category were sent to pr - 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 Middle District of Georgia, FY2016–](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-district-middle-district-of-georgia/) › Fraud, Theft, and Embezzlement: Middle District of Georgia **In brief:** From fiscal year 2016 to 2025, 408 people were sentenced in the Middle District of Georgia in the Sentencing Commission's "Fraud/Theft/Embezzlement" category. 284 of them (70%) received a prison term, with a median of 24 months. Across all 94 districts, 73% of people in this category were sent to prison, with a median of 20 months. 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 408 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/). ## Prison Terms: 24 Months at the Median Of the 408 people sentenced, 284 (70%) received a prison term, and 116 (28%) received probation only. Probation only means no prison or other confinement. Among those sent to prison, the median term was 24 months (2 years). A quarter received 46 months or more, and a quarter received 12 months or less. These are the terms imposed, not the time served. ## Compared With All 94 Districts Nationally, 58,502 people were sentenced in this category. 73% were sent to prison, and the median prison term was 20 months. Guilty pleas were 96%, the same share as in this district. The share sent to prison was a little lower in this district than nationally, and the median term was higher. The sentence was within the guideline range for 66% of people here, compared with 45% nationally. The category is one of the Commission's offense types, not a single crime. In this district, 376 of the cases had §2B1.1 (Larceny, Embezzlement, and Other Forms of Theft) as the primary guideline. One case had §2X3.1 (Accessory After the Fact). These cases were 10% of the 4,094 people sentenced in the district over the period. ## How Sentences Related to the Guideline Range Information was available for 407 people. 66% (267) were sentenced within the guideline range. 17% (71) were below the range at the government's request, and 15% (60) were below the range without a government request. 2% (9) were above the range. Across all offenses in the district, 66% of sentences were within the range, which is the same share as in this category. The median prison term for all offenses in the district was 51 months, which is higher than the 24 months here. ## Pleas, Trials, and Plea Agreements 390 of the 408 people (96%) pleaded guilty, and 18 were convicted after a trial. The median prison term after a guilty plea was 24 months. After a trial it was 66 months, based on 15 people who were convicted at trial and sent to prison. The trial figure rests on a small number of people. The records also cannot show whether the cases that went to trial were different in ways that affect the sentence. Among guilty pleas, 80% had a written plea agreement and 20% were straight pleas with no agreement. A mandatory minimum prison term applied to 34 of the 381 people with that information recorded (9%). ## Supervised Release, Fines, and Restitution 274 people (67%) were ordered to serve supervised release after prison. The median supervised release term was 36 months. Restitution, which repays the loss in the case, was ordered for 294 people (72%). A fine was ordered for 62 (15%). 66% were in criminal history category I, the lowest, and 6% were in category VI, the highest. Court-martial records have no criminal history field. ## Year-by-Year Pattern The district sentenced 193 people in this category in fiscal years 2016 to 2019 and 215 people in fiscal years 2020 to 2025\. The fiscal year starts October 1 and ends at the end of the following September. Yearly medians ranged from 12 months in fiscal year 2025 to 28 months in fiscal year 2024\. Counts per year ranged from 23 to 55, so single-year medians are based on small groups. The records cannot show why any year differed from another. | Fiscal year | People sentenced | Median prison | Pleaded guilty | | ----------- | ---------------- | ------------- | -------------- | | 2016 | 48 | 27 months | 92% | | 2017 | 55 | 27 months | 93% | | 2018 | 47 | 24 months | 96% | | 2019 | 43 | 22.5 months | 93% | | 2020 | 36 | 18 months | 97% | | 2021 | 32 | 22.5 months | 100% | | 2022 | 34 | 24 months | 97% | | 2023 | 23 | 27 months | 96% | | 2024 | 35 | 28 months | 97% | | 2025 | 55 | 12 months | 98% | ## Limits of This Data The Commission counts only people who were convicted and sentenced. Acquittals and dismissals are not in the data. The data does not give the amount of money involved in each case or the facts of any case. Fort Benning, Moody AFB, and Robins AFB are in this district, but courts-martial are tried in military courts, not in this federal district court. ### How We Counted Everyone sentenced in federal court in the Middle District of Georgia (U.S. Sentencing Commission district label "Georgia Mid") in fiscal years 2016 to 2025 whose offense type was "Fraud/Theft/Embezzlement" (408). 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 Middle District of Georgia, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-district-middle-district-of-georgia/) (overview) - [Federal Drug Trafficking Sentences in the Middle District of Georgia, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-drug-trafficking-sentences-middle-district-of-georgia/) (same district, other offense type) - [Federal Firearms Sentences in the Middle District of Georgia, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-firearms-sentences-middle-district-of-georgia/) (same district, other offense type) - [Federal Other Offense Sentences in the Middle District of Georgia, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-other-sentences-middle-district-of-georgia/) (same district, other offense type) - [Federal Immigration Offense Sentences in the Middle District of Georgia, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-immigration-sentences-middle-district-of-georgia/) (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.