For the life of me I cannot remember anything unusual at that time or hearing anything specific. I blame it on being busy and working. You seem to be very on top of what exactly went on. What transactions are you referring to?
I did a quick search and found nothing regarding the FBI investigation.
In the second phase, the stock market collapsed by what the report called a “bear raid” from unidentified sources on Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers and other Wall Street firms.
This produced a complete collapse in credit availability and almost started a global depression,” Mr. Freeman said.
The report is surmising terrorism from outside parties, like islamists. Well, Obongo is one.
The two huge transactions are looked at in detail here on FR. Just can’t hit the proper search term...