Bloomberg Law
Sept. 27, 2016, 2:50 PM UTC

Ex-AIG Head Greenberg Finally Gets to Tell His Story at Trial

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By Chris Dolmetsch, Bloomberg News

Former American International Group Inc. Chairman Maurice “Hank” Greenberg is finally getting to tell his side of the story in a fraud lawsuit filed against him more than 11 years ago by then-New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer.

The 91-year-old World War II veteran took the witness stand in a Manhattan courtroom Tuesday morning to rebut claims that in 2005 he and former AIG Chief Financial Officer Howard Smith orchestrated two sham transactions to hide the insurer’s financial condition from shareholders.

The current attorney general, Eric Schneiderman, is seeking to bar Greenberg and Smith ...

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