The New York attorney general has begun an investigation into eight banks to determine whether they provided misleading information to agencies that rate mortgage securities, The New York Times reported on Thursday.

New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo’s office issued subpoenas late on Wednesday notifying the banks of his investigation, the Times reported on its Web site, citing two people with knowledge of the probe.

According to the report, the probe’s targets are Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, UBS, Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Credit Agricole and Merrill Lynch, now owned by Bank of America.