AIG shareholders sue government claiming their $182 bn bailout wasn’t favorable enoughReuters/Brendan McDermid ​Maurice Greenberg, former head of the American International Group (AIG), recruited prominent Wall Street players to contribute several million dollars to a lawsuit that alleges the US government bailout of AIG in 2008 was unfair to company shareholders. Greenberg, who still owns a large stake in AIG, filed the suit on behalf of his fellow shareholders.