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Wire Fraud Loss Records: Separate Allegations, Calculations and Sources

Prepare a clear financial source index for sentencing-loss review, with distinct treatment of transactions, recoveries and individual scope questions.

By Joseph De Gregorio · Federal Sentencing Strategist
Founder and President, Sentencing Advocacy Group · November 6, 2026

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Locate the calculation under review

Start with the actual schedule or document proposing the loss amount. Record its author, date, transactions and assumptions. Preserve earlier versions. A total in an indictment, a press release and a sentencing calculation may serve different purposes; do not treat them as interchangeable without counsel’s review.

Identify the included population

Record the entities, customers, accounts and time periods represented. A business-wide figure may require separate analysis from an individual’s sentencing issues. Do not decide relevant conduct from your own preferred date range. Present the facts and scope questions to counsel with the records needed to evaluate them.

Keep recoveries and value records available

Organize documented refunds, repayments, recovered assets and performance evidence, with dates and sources. Counsel determines their legal treatment. Do not automatically deduct every item or assume that economic value claimed by one party has been established. Preserve disputes and limitations clearly.

Coordinate the financial and personal files

A source-backed financial schedule and a personal chronology answer different questions. Keep them consistent on dates and roles while preserving their distinct purposes. SAG can organize the individual account and index. Qualified counsel and financial specialists handle legal calculations and opinions; no prepared schedule guarantees a lower sentence.

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Are sentencing loss and restitution necessarily identical?

No. Keep the calculations and their supporting assumptions separate, and ask counsel how the applicable rules affect each.

Sources and a defined preparation assignment

Official context: U.S. Sentencing Commission: 2026 Guidelines Manual. Sources checked November 6, 2026. Counsel evaluates the applicable law, dates and individual facts.

Work directly with Joseph to define the scope, authorized recipients and review dates. Agreed deliverables can include a personal and professional chronology, indexed supporting records, factual questions for counsel and a practical preparation schedule. SAG does not manage legal responses or provide forensic accounting. An engagement does not automatically establish privilege.

SAG serves clients nationwide from New Jersey, with travel arranged for cases. SAG is not a law firm. No charging decision, sentence, placement or release date is guaranteed.

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