When Rep. Dennis Moore (D-KS) asked Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit about his 2008 compensation last month, Pandit gave a simple answer: $1 million. Except the truth wasn’t so simple.
Pandit actually received $11 million as part of a lavish package of stock awards and retention pay, making his testimony to Moore dangerously close to an outright falsehood. And Moore is calling on Pandit to explain himself in a frustrated letter sent yesterday, a copy of which has been obtained by TPMDC.
Moore writes:
While I was initially pleased to hear you agree to take a salary of $1 per year with no bonus until Citi returns to profitability, I am deeply troubled by this latest news. Should we expect additional, unexpected announcements of bonuses or financial compensation for your work in 2008 or going forward until Citi returns to profitability?
