U.S. Seeks Maduro Regime’s Venezuelan Bond Holdings, Sources Say

Treasury Department officials told investors that its ban on Venezuelan debt trading is in part designed to prevent sales that could benefit the authoritarian government, according to the people, who asked not to be identified because they weren’t authorized to discuss the matter. The restrictions are so sweeping because at this point Treasury can’t be sure which transactions might be providing money to the regime or high-ranking officials, they said. A Treasury Department spokesperson declined to comment.