The battered insurance giant AIG returns to Capitol Hill Wednesday facing another frosty reception in Congress – where three AIG trustees appointed by the U.S. government will make their public debut amid growing skepticism over their role at the company.

House Oversight Committee Chairman Edolphus Towns (D-N.Y.) is questioning whether the Federal Reserve Bank of New York – which installed the handpicked trustees in January – is doing enough to protect taxpayers footing the bill for the $182.5 billion bailout.

And POLITICO has learned that one of those trustees has another role – as chairwoman of a Bermuda-based firm that administers hedge funds based in the Cayman Islands and other global tax havens.

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