Exclusive | Trump admin urged to probe Swiss bank UBS for its Nazi-linked accounts: ‘Historic shame’

Nypost · May 26, 2026 · 1013 words · By Josh Christenson

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Trump admin urged to probe Swiss bank UBS for its Nazi-linked accounts: ‘Historic shame’ See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Trump admin urged to probe Swiss bank UBS for its Nazi-linked accounts: ‘Historic shame’ See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Add The New York Post on GoogleWASHINGTON — The Trump administration is being urged to investigate Swiss bank UBS for “obstructing” congressional efforts to uncover its “deep” ties to the Nazi regime through accounts that looted Jewish assets and helped SS…

Common ground

Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) penned a letter last Tuesday to a State Department official tasked with combating antisemitism, calling the bank’s conduct “a historic shame” and requesting assistance in furthering his own investigation of UBS’s alleged obstruction.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 16 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “UBS... announcing that its “once excellent relationship” with Barofsky had deteriorated”

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Claim 2: “roughly 23,000 pages of documents about Third Reich finances are still being “redacted or withheld” by UBS”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding the specific number of 23,000 redacted or withheld pages.

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Claim 3: “UBS was able to obtain final approval in March for a national charter from the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency”

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Web search results explicitly state that UBS received final approval to convert UBS Bank USA into a nationally chartered bank in March.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The forex scandal (also known as the forex probe) is a 2013 financial scandal that involves the revelation, and subsequent investigation, that banks colluded for at least a decade to manipulate exchan…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forex_scandal

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Volcker Rule is section 619 of the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (12 U.S.C. § 1851). The rule was originally proposed by American economist and former United States Fed…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcker_Rule

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Claim 4: “In 2023, with that investigation still ongoing, UBS acquired Credit Suisse for $3 billion.”

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Wikipedia and other sources confirm UBS acquired Credit Suisse in March 2023 for CHF 3 billion (approx US$3.2 billion).

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web search NEUTRAL — On 19 March 2023, Swiss bank UBS Group AG agreed to buy Credit Suisse for CHF 3 billion (US$3.2 billion) in an all-stock deal brokered by the government of Switzerland and the Swiss Financial Market S…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acquisition_of_Credit_Suisse_b…

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web search NEUTRAL — UBS plans to acquire Credit Suisse. The combination is expected to create a business with more than USD 5 trillion in total invested assets and sustainable value opportunities.
https://www.ubs.com/global/en/media/display-page-ndp/en-2023…

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web search NEUTRAL — On Thursday, Credit Suisse said it would tap a $54 billion lifeline from the Swiss central bank in hopes of staving off a disaster. And yet by Wednesday, the Swiss government had already reached out t…
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/19/business/ubs-credit-suiss…

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Claim 5: “The independent monitor, Neil Barofsky, revealed some findings from the probe in February that showed 890 accounts with potential ties to Hitler’s war efforts.”

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Multiple web search results from February 2026 confirm that a probe revealed 890 accounts with potential Nazi links.

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web search NEUTRAL — Feb 3, 2026 ... A new probe of Swiss bank Credit Suisse discovered 890 previously undisclosed accounts with potential Nazi links, a U.S. senator said on ...
https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/hundreds-nazi-li…

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web search NEUTRAL — Feb 6, 2026 ... Investigator says Credit Suisse provided direct financial support to help Nazis flee to Argentina. _2-3-26 Senate Judiciary Hearing. From left ...
https://www.jta.org/2026/02/06/united-states/credit-suisse-h…

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web search NEUTRAL — Jan 4, 2025 ... Senate Budget Committee investigation into Nazi-linked Credit Suisse accounts yields extensive new findings, reveals bank's historic pattern of obstruction.
https://www.budget.senate.gov/chairman/newsroom/press/senate…

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Claim 6: “UBS has not provided my team with a privilege log identifying the bases for these redactions and withholdings”

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Claim 7: “Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) penned a letter last Tuesday to a State Department official tasked with combating antisemitism”

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Multiple web search results confirm Senator Chuck Grassley penned a letter to a State Department official regarding UBS and Nazi-linked accounts.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Charles Ellis Schumer ( SHOO-mər; born November 23, 1950) is an American politician serving since 1999 as a United States senator from New York. A member of the Democratic Party, he has led the Senat…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Schumer

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States Senate consists of 100 members, two from each of the 50 states. This list includes all senators serving in the 119th United States Congress. As of March 2026, there are 53 Republican…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Charles Ernest Grassley (born September 17, 1933) is an American politician serving as the senior U.S. senator from Iowa, a seat he has held since 1981. Since 2025, he has been the president pro tempo…
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Claim 8: “Barofksy said he was fired between 2022 and 2023 during his probe”

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Claim 9: “In 1999, Credit Suisse reached a $1.25 billion settlement with Holocaust survivors and their families over the forced transfer of Jewish assets to Nazi-affiliated accounts.”

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The $1.25 billion settlement in 1999 between Credit Suisse and Holocaust survivors is confirmed by both Wikipedia and multiple web search results.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Credit Suisse Group AG (French pronunciation: [kʁe.di sɥis], lit. 'Swiss Credit') was a Swiss investment bank and financial services firm founded and based in Switzerland. Headquartered in Zürich, it…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Credit_Suisse

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The ratlines (German: Rattenlinien) were systems of escape routes used by Nazis and their collaborators to flee Europe from 1945 onwards in the aftermath of World War II. These routes mainly led towar…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratlines_(World_War_II)

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The World Jewish Congress lawsuit against Swiss banks was launched in 1995 to retrieve deposits made into the three largest Swiss banks (UBS, Credit Suisse and Swiss Bank Corporation) by victims of Na…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Jewish_Congress_lawsuit_…

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Claim 10: “UBS, which admitted to spending more than $250 million on a voluntary review of past Nazi accounts since 2021”

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Claim 11: “In 2020, the Simon Wiesenthal Center found as many as 12,000 Nazis who had escaped to Argentina were linked to accounts at a Credit Suisse predecessor.”

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Two independent web search results from March 5, 2020, confirm the Simon Wiesenthal Center's finding of 12,000 Nazis in Argentina linked to Credit Suisse accounts.

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web search NEUTRAL — Mar 5, 2020 · Wiesenthal Center obtains list of Nazis in Argentina with Credit Suisse ... Nazi accounts were looted from Jewish people during the Holocaust.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/wiesenthal-center-obtains-list…

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web search NEUTRAL — Mar 5, 2020 · Wiesenthal Center uncovers list of 12,000 Nazis in Argentina with accounts transferred to Credit Suisse. The list was discovered in an old ...
https://www.jns.org/antisemitism/wiesenthal-center-uncovers-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Feb 3, 2026 · While the reports are incomplete, they revealed “nearly 100” previously undisclosed accounts linked to the Nazis, and raised new questions about ...
https://www.facebook.com/Reuters/posts/hundreds-of-nazi-link…

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Claim 12: “the Swiss bank further noted that it had provided the ombudsman with access to roughly 16.5 million pages of documents, withholding “less than 0.1%” of its total records”

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Claim 13: “the ombudsman cited as many as 27,400 missing pages.”

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Claim 14: “the ombudsman also claimed UBS had “made false and misleading statements” about 127 accounts previously identified by Barofsky and his team”

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Claim 15: “Since April of 2023, I have led a bipartisan investigation into the unresolved issue of Swiss banks, specifically Credit Suisse, which has since been purchased by UBS”

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Multiple sources confirm Senator Grassley's investigation into Credit Suisse's Nazi-linked accounts and the fact that UBS purchased Credit Suisse.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — James Brien Comey Jr. (; born December 14, 1960) is an American lawyer who was the seventh director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from 2013 until his termination in May 2017. During the…
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Claim 16: “Grassley’s May 19 missive copied Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and outgoing Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell”

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While the evidence confirms the identities of Marco Rubio (Secretary of State), Scott Bessent, and Jerome Powell, there is no specific corroboration in the provided evidence that this specific May 19 letter was copied to these three individuals.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Marco Antonio Rubio (, ROO-bee-oh; born May 28, 1971) is an American politician, attorney, and diplomat serving since 2025 as the 72nd United States Secretary of State. He is also the acting National …
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