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A former CPA who owned Airport Medical Supply, in Van Nuys, Calif., was sentenced to 51 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to health care fraud and tax charges detailed in a plea agreement filed by prosecutors last year.

The economic crisis has brought personal finance front and center, for Americans as well as others throughout the world, the ING Retirement Institute Research Institute found.

The migration of foreign-based initial public offerings to U.S.-based stock exchanges is expected to increase in 2011, according to a new study by BDO USA LLP.

Ernst & Young’s member firm in Israel — Kost, Forer, Gabbay & Associates — has acquired the professional services arm of Hacktics Ltd., an Israel-based security organization that protects against cyberspace attacks.

Bartolomei Pucciarelli has merged in the accounting practice of Joseph H. Schwendt, CPA, expanding the firm’s client base in New Jersey.

Cloud-based workflow software provider XCM Solutions has joined the CPA-focused strategic alliance formed in 2010 by Fujitsu and cloud-based sales tax automation service provider SpeedTax, with the goal of educating and gaining further access to firms who would be most interested in their services.

The Internal Revenue Service has introduced new regulations aimed at encouraging more whistleblowers to report on corporate tax problems by making it easier for them to collect on their claims.

Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd. has launched a Center for Collective Leadership.

Karen Love, director of practice growth at Pannell Kerr Forser of Texas PC, has been named one of Houston's 50 Most Influential Women of 2010 by Houston Woman.

The Internal Revenue Service needs to conduct more research to identify the needs and preferences of small business and self-employed taxpayers, according to a new government report.