Article: AIG Sues Greenberg, 6 Other Former Executives

American International Group, the world's largest insurer by assets, sued the company's former chief executive Maurice R. "Hank" Greenberg, claiming he misappropriated AIG shares worth $20 billion.

AIG claims Greenberg and six other former executives, including former Chief Financial Officer Howard Smith, took over company stock held by an AIG affiliate, Starr International , or SICO, in 2005. Starr is AIG's largest shareholder. AIG claims the defendants put themselves on Starr's board and converted the stock into a private investment vehicle for their benefit.

"Greenberg engineered a coup d'etat to usurp full control of SICO's board of directors," AIG said in a complaint filed yesterday in ...

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