Set base offense level and special offense characteristics (SOCs).

Total Offense Level:10

Selected Guideline: 2E5.1 - Offering, Accepting, or Soliciting a Bribe or Gratuity Affecting the Operation of an Employee Welfare or Pension Benefit Plan; Prohibited Payments or Lending of Money by Employer or Agent to Employees, Representatives, or Labor Organizations

if a bribe

Level 10

if a gratuity

Level 6

Total Offense Level:10

Statutory Provisions:

18 U.S.C. § 1954
29 U.S.C. § 186

Special Offense Characteristics:

Check the characteristics that apply to calculate the total offense level.

If the defendant was a fiduciary of the benefit plan or labor organization

+2 levels

If the value of the prohibited payment or the value of the improper benefit to the payer, whichever is greater

Option A: exceeded $2,500 but did not exceed $6,500 +1 levels

Option B: exceeded $6,500, increase by the number of levels from the table in §2B1.1 (Theft, Property Destruction, and Fraud) corresponding to that amount undefined levels

Chapter 2 Offense Level Calculation:

Base Offense Level:0

Current Total:10

Chapter 2 Adjustments

Selected Guideline: 2E5.1 - Offering, Accepting, or Soliciting a Bribe or Gratuity Affecting the Operation of an Employee Welfare or Pension Benefit Plan; Prohibited Payments or Lending of Money by Employer or Agent to Employees, Representatives, or Labor Organizations

Statutory Provisions:

Special Offense Characteristics:

Chapter 2 Offense Level Calculation: