NU Online News Service, May 6, 4:25 p.m. EDT--Federal prosecutors are looking into allegations that former American International Group Chairman Maurice "Hank" Greenberg tried to manipulate the company stock price, the New York Times reported this morning.
According to the account, an executive in the AIG trading group reported that Mr. Greenberg instructed a trader to buy AIG stock as the price was falling earlier this year.
The conversations between the trader and CEO were recorded, tapes of which were turned over to both federal prosecutors and the Securities and Exchange Commission, the newspaper reported.
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