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Federal Sentencing Guidelines Table

Loss amounts that may increase levels on the vertical scale:

Anyone can look at the United States Sentencing Commission website to get a better understanding of the sentencing guidelines. Section 2B1.1 includes information on how dollar amounts influencing sentencing.

  • Base Offense Level: 7 if (A) the defendant was convicted of an offense referenced to this guideline; and (B) that offense of conviction has a statutory maximum term of imprisonment of 20 years or more; or
  • 6, otherwise
  • Specific offense characteristics: consult the table below, or click this link to access source material we used.
  1. A) $6,500 or less—there is no increase in the level
  2. B) Greater than $6,500—increase by 2
  3. C) Greater than $15,000—increase by 4
  4. D) Greater than $40,000—increase by 6
  5. E) Greater than $95,000—increase by 8
  6. F) Greater than $150,000—increase by 10
  7. G) Greater than $250,000—increase by 12
  8. H) Greater than $550,000—increase by 14
  9. I) Greater than $1,500,000—increase by 16
  10. J) Greater than 3,500,000—increase by 18
  11. K) Greater than 9,500,000—increase by 20
  12. L) Greater than 25,000,000—increase by 22
  13. M) Greater than $65,000,000—increase by 24
  14. N) Greater than $150,000,000—increase by 26
  15. O) Greater than $250,000,000—increase by 28
  16. P) More than $550,000,000—increase by 30

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