Article: AIG's Greenberg takes the fifth ... for now: former CEO transfers $2.6b in AIG stock to spouse just before resignation.(Maurice Greenberg invokes right against incrimination)

FORMER American International Group chief executive Maurice Greenberg invoked his right against self-incrimination and refused to answer questions from government officials last week about his company's accounting activity, his legal team confirmed.

Mr. Greenberg's appearance for a deposition at New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer's office, where he invoked the Fifth Amendment, was reported to take less than an hour.

Meanwhile, a Form 4 filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission--which is also investigating Mr. Greenberg--revealed that he had transferred $2.6 billion worth of AIG stock to his wife, Corinne, three days before his March 14 ...

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