[Judge]"Reade stated in the order that the sentence is within the guideline range and is “firmly rooted in credible evidence” produced at trial, the sentencing hearing and in the uncontested portions of the pre sentencing report. Reade said in her order that no matter what Rubashkin’s motives were, he defrauded the banks out of millions of dollars. “He unlawfully placed his family business’s interest above the victim bank’s interest,” Reade stated. “His family business and he personally benefitted at the expense of all the victim banks’ innocent shareholders.” Assistant U.S. Attorney Bob Teig said this afternoon the defense’s press release and comments today are “nothing new. They are repeats of the misinformation they have repeated for months.” Teig said it’s unfair of the defense to compare other sentences in white collar type crimes because they never give any details of the circumstances in those cases. “We don’t know if they cooperated or accepted responsibility or what,” Teig said. In the sentencing order Reade states she considered Rubashkin’s conduct – he lied under oath at trial, Teig said. Reade wrote Rubashkin lied about asking an employee to create bills of lading to match false invoices. The government submitted evidence of the fake invoices and bills of lading in a folder labeled “Sholom.” Teig offers these sentences of white collar fraud cases – Tom Petters, 50 years; 324 months for Colin Nathanson, 20 years for Michael Riolo; 20 years for Richard Piccoli; 100 years for Edward Okun. The proposed 27 years isn’t unusual in these kinds of cases, he said.In the Federal Courts is real important to take responsibility for your actions, not lie under oath, and cop a plea if you are guilty...otherwise you're going to do some serious time "within the federal sentencing guidelines"...good luck with that appeal Sholom.