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NY AG Cuomo Releases Details on AIG Bonuses to Financial Services Committee

Letter to Rep. Barney Frank from Andrew M. Cuomo, Attorney General of the State of New York re: AIG 2008 Retention Bonuses

  • “We learned over the weekend that AIG had, last Friday, distributed more than $160 million in retention payments to members of its Financial Products Subsidiary, the unit of AIG that was principally responsible for the firm’s meltdown…The top recipient received more than $6.4 million; The top seven bonus recipients received more than $4 million each; The top ten bonus recipients received a combined $42 million; 22 individuals received bonuses of $2 million or more, and combined they received more than $72 million; 73 individuals received bonuses of $1 million or more; and Eleven of the individuals who received “retention” bonuses of $1 million or more are no longer working at AIG, including one who received $4.6 million…”
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