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] and Deutsche Bank were issued subpoenas by a U.S. Senate panel looking for evidence of fraud in the 2008 mortgage-market meltdown, the Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiar with the matter.
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The people told the paper Washington Mutual, which is now mostly owned by JP Morgan Chase, was also issued a subpoena by the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
The paper said several other financial institutions may also have received subpoenas from the sub-committee that is headed by Senator Carl Levin.
A Goldman Sachs spokesman declined to comment on the subpoena to the paper, while Deutsche Bank did not immediately respond to a request for comment by the paper. Subcommittee investigators declined to comment to the paper.
A subcommittee subpoena raises factual questions and asks for various company correspondence, the paper said, citing a person who reviewed it.
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The U.S. Senate and Goldman Sachs could not be reached for comment by Reuters after regular U.S. business hours, while a Deutsche Bank spokeswoman in Hong Kong declined immediate comment.
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