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DOJ also sent subpoenas to employees of some major U.S. banks,
the Bloomberg report said, adding the Swiss banks were included
in a wave of subpoenas sent before Credit Suisse's takeover by
UBS.
The DOJ inquiries are to identify which bank employees dealt
with sanctioned clients and how those clients were vetted over
past years, Bloomberg reported.
The bankers may then be further investigated to determine if
they broke any laws, the report added.
Credit Suisse and UBS declined to comment while the Justice
Department did not immediately respond to Reuters' emailed
requests for comment.
The DOJ has been trying to pressure Russian oligarchs through
sanctions, asset seizures and criminal probes to stop backing
Russian President Vladimir Putin after the country's invasion of
Ukraine.
The Justice Department charged Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska
last year with violating sanctions by using the U.S. financial
system to maintain three luxury properties.
(Reporting by Akanksha Khushi in Bengaluru; editing by Jonathan
Oatis, Lincoln Feast and Richard Chang)
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