A 44-year old California CPA has been sentenced to 57 months in prison and ordered to pay about $1.1 million in restitution for her role in a mortgage fraud scheme. Carmen Denise Mosley, Granada Hills, Calif., drew the term after being convicted in May of one count of conspiracy to commit bank and wire fraud and two counts of bank fraud for activities that took place in Nevada. She will report to prison on November 3.

A Hales Corner, Wis., CPA has been indicted on federal charges of filing false tax returns by concealing clients' financial standings and obtaining or writing off funds from insurance policies. John C. Noggle was indicted by a grand jury sitting in Milwaukee last month. He is accused of incorrectly advising clients they were able to take funds out of life insurance and annuity holdings, which resulted in underreporting of income.

Avalara has opened the Avalara Marketing Center, which the sales tax software vendor says is designed to help its resellers generate new leads. The center provides Avalara content that they can use in marketing communications and is designed for channel members who do not have time or resources to handle their own campaigns.