Article: Ex-CEO Greenberg defends AIG fund actions

Former American International Group Inc. CEO Maurice "Hank" Greenberg said a retirement bonus fund that AIG is trying to reclaim in federal court was not intended solely for AIG employees.

The insurance giant has accused Greenberg, through a company called Starr International that he controls, of plundering an AIG retirement program composed of $4.3 billion in stock in 2005. The questions being raised at the civil trial in federal court in Manhattan boil down to who controlled the fund, and what its purpose was.

AIG called Greenberg to the witness stand early Tuesday afternoon. When AIG's lawyer Theodore Wells asked about the intended purpose of the fund, ...

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