We are not talking about a few phoney bills. We are taking about a huge fraud involving the entire essence of the division. Why are you making excuses?
The accountant does not have to verify the validity of the w-2. But if it is reasonable that he should know they're fake then he has a problem.
nearly 100% of the invoices were fake, no cash receipts and they were materially involved with the acounting system. They are responsible to their public shareholders. This must be known.