AIG Bonuses Higher Than Thought: $218M

Five at firm got more than $4M: Blumenthal
By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff
Posted Mar 21, 2009 10:25 AM CDT
AIG Bonuses Higher Than Thought: $218M
Hundreds of workers protest in the financial district before marching towards AIG offices Thursday, March 19, 2009, in Chicago.   (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

AIG documents show the firm paid out $218 million in bonuses—higher than the $165 million that had been disclosed, says Connecticut’s attorney general. The papers show five at the firm scored bonuses of more than $4 million, said Richard Blumenthal, whose office received the papers last night after issuing a subpoena, the AP reports. The new figures will “further fuel the justified anger and revulsion,” he said.
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