BRISTOL, R.I. (WPRI) — A woman who managed finances at a family-owned landscaping business in Bristol is accused of falsely reporting and failing to pay years’ worth of taxes to the IRS.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Rhode Island, Nikola Francis has been charged in federal court with failure to withhold or pay employment taxes.
Francis, 29, of Bristol, was responsible for approving payments, paying bills and maintaining accounting ledgers, as well as tracking and remitting taxes withheld from employee paychecks for ELJ Inc…