A Pennsylvania tax preparer has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for using stolen identities of disabled children and children in foster care to file false federal income tax returns. Musa Turay, age 44, was also ordered to pay $83,870 restitution. He is the last of 11 defendants sentenced in fraud which the government said produced a more-than-$30-million tax loss.

Liberty Tax saw its latest outside auditor resign after an extremely short tenure. The company hired Carr, Riggs & Ingram, on April 18 and the firm resigned the position on June 5 without completing work on financial statements. That leaves Liberty overdue in filing its SEC reports forquarters ended Oct. 31, 2017 and Jan. 31, 2018 and a year that ended on April 30.

Blucora has changed the way its H.D. Vest operation recruits advisors. In a recent earnings call, the company said it is moving away from a primarily direct mail operation to use of partnerships, among other new techniques.