Tuesday, June 16, 2009

AIG lawyer: Ex-top exec plundered retirement plan


AIG takes their own to court. Imagine that....

The latest act in the drama of the
American International Group opens Monday when the ailing insurance giant takes its former chief executive to court, accusing him of plundering a trust that it says was set up to pay top performers

A.I.G. contends
Maurice R. Greenberg, 84, who ran the company for decades, unlawfully took $4.3 billion in stock in 2005, the year he was forced out as chief executive.

Mr. Greenberg and his lawyers say that those A.I.G. shares — owned by Starr International, a privately held company, of which he is chairman — were not held in a trust at all. As Starr’s chairman, they say, Mr. Greenberg had the authority to sell the shares and invest the proceeds in new offshore insurance businesses and in a new charitable arm.
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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Parents eating thier young to stay alive.