A spokesman for Maurice Greenberg, American International Group's former chairman, said there would be no comment on a report his attorneys were in settlement talks concerning civil fraud charges by New York authorities.

Mr. Greenberg has been a defendant since 2005 in a suit brought by the Office of the New York Attorney General, accused of a major role in a scheme to artificially pump up AIG's earnings. Mr. Greenberg and former AIG Chief Financial Officer Howard Smith, also a defendant, were accused of personally approving the scheme.

New York-based AIG was let out of the case in 2006, when the carrier agreed to a $1.64 billion settlement with federal and state authorities. Prior to that agreement, the company issued a financial restatement that reduced its net income between 2002 and 2004 by $3.92 billion.

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