An audit released Tuesday criticized the Treasury Department's decision to allow large bailout recipients to pay some executives cash salaries of more than $500,000 to keep them from quitting.In 2009, the Treasury Department imposed pay restrictions on seven large bailout recipients under the 2008 $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program: General Motors Co., Chrysler Group LLC, Ally Financial Inc., AIG, Bank of America Corp., Chrysler Financial Services Inc. and Citigroup.
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