AIGs Greenberg Takes The FifthFor Now Former CEO transfers $2.6B in AIG stock to spouse just before resignation

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.

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