Roswell tax preparer gets prison term for fraudulent returns

SANTA FE, N.M. — A Roswell tax preparer has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for fraudulently preparing tax returns over a three-year period. Prosecutors say 46-year-old Sylvia Franco received a suspended 18-year prison sentence with the stipulation that she pay more than $38,000 in restitution to her victims. She also was ordered to […]