I wish that were true, but it really isn't. Unless you are talking about terrorism or drug related crime, the FBI has very little time for straightforward investigation of financial crime. Far too time consuming with limited payoff. They pretty much require a slam-dunk case and a history of malfeasance before they even start to investigate.
No doubt they already knew this guy was laundering money, which is why he was targeted. Chances are the FBI had a cooperating witness who had already given them all the information they needed to determine what was going on before they even started. The FBI just doesn't go through the phone book cold calling people to see if they are interested in laundering money.
And the newspaper article is, of course, not going to talk about any history of laundering money because the FBI and DOJ would never disclose that information in the public release, especially if a CW were involved. That is ridiculous. We might hear about it later when it goes to trial.
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