The FBI does not have the time, money or manpower to randomly "test" a large number of securities attorneys to see which ones fall for their money laundering bait. When it comes to financial fraud, they only spend their time on essentially slam dunk cases. There is no question the FBI had evidence that this lawyer was already laundering money. So, they set up the sting to catch him in the act and make an airtight case.
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