Armanino has acquired the Resource Group, a Seattle, Wash.-based, Value-Added Reseller. The Resource Group carries Dynamics GP and Sage Intacct financial software. The deal will be completed on December 1.

A CPA based in Lebanon, Mo., has been convicted of fraud that included using  $72,704 in client funds to pay off his Chevrolet Corvette. Douglas A. Richardson, 46, transferring $4.4 million from a former employer while stealing from clients—taking $7 million from both.

Avalara has hired Jay Lee as its new chief marketing officer. That means the sales tax company will have new people in its top sales and marketing jobs as Pascal Van Dooren, former chief revenue officer, left in October.