The FBI is reportedly investigating the financial services giant Lehman Brothers for fraud in connection with the September economic crisis on Wall Street.International Herald Tribune: FBI Investigating Companies in Meltdown (September 23, 2008) The investigation includes three other companies whose instability made headlines in September: insurance company AIG and mortgage backers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.International Herald Tribune: FBI Investigating Companies in Meltdown (September 23, 2008)
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"“[T]he F.B.I. will pursue these cases as far up the corporate chain as is necessary to ensure that those responsible receive the justice they deserve.”—Robert S. Mueller, FBI Director