The law is very clear that an agreement to perform unaudited services does not shield an accountant from liability because an accountant must perform all services in accordance with the standard of a reasonable accountant under similar circumstances, which includes reporting fraud that is or should be apparent (see 1136 Tenants’ Corp. v Rothenberg & Co., 36 AD2d 804 [1st Dept 1971], affd 30 NY2d 585 [1972]; see also William Iselin & Co., Inc. v Mann Judd… [read post]