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Posted on 05/27/2026 8:41:58 PM PDT by algore
A former senior CIA official with top secret-level clearance is accused of stealing hundreds of gold bars worth more than $40 million from the federal government and stashing them in his home.
David Rush was arrested and charged with criminal theft of public money last week, according to federal court filings in Virginia, where he lives.
From November to March, Rush requested and received a “significant quantity of foreign currency and tens of millions of dollars in gold bars for work-related expenses,” according to an affidavit from an FBI agent investigating the case.
The affidavit says its unclear what Rush intended to use the funds for, but that a portion of it was found in a storage space near his office.
Federal officials searched his home on May 18 and seized more than 300 gold bars with an estimated value of more than $40 million, according to the affidavit. They also seized roughly $2 million in U.S. currency and some 35 luxury watches, many of them Rolexes. Rush was arrested the next day, the FBI said.
Rush’s lawyer declined to comment Wednesday.
It’s not clear what role Rush had at the CIA or when he left the agency. He’s described in court filings simply as a “former senior executive service-level employee at a United States government agency.” Spokespersons for the FBI declined to comment further, and the CIA didn’t respond to an email.
The FBI affidavit also notes that Rush appears to have lied for years about his education and military background. The bureau’s investigation found he had falsely claimed to be a Navy pilot and that he’d graduated from Clemson University in South Carolina and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York.
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The government hates competition..............
NJ Representative Bob Menendez was busted with Gold bars too. How many other Democrat Deep State operatives have gold bars?
"falsely claimed to be a Navy pilot and that he’d graduated from Clemson University in South Carolina and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York."
Maybe the agency should consider a vetting process for new hires and then supervising employees.
That was one of my thoughts.
I remember when to get a clearance they did a deep dive into your past, interviewed your high school friends, your old neighbors, your current neighbors, and then sent the IRS up your ass just to make it was clean too.
You have to wonder what politician from what country was ultimately given those gold bars. This sounds more like CIA money laundering than outright theft, although he could have skimmed a little off the top for himself.
They weren't given to them!
Rather, they were used as ball markers:
Regards,
Depending on what you did in that world, I wouldn’t have a real problem skimming off enough to disappear and live off the grid, but $40 million in gold is way too much.
That much is hard to transport and isn’t very liquid.
peanuts
Best and Brightest.
Tens of millions of dollars in gold bars for work-related expenses.
Yeah that’s the ticket
$40-million-in-gold bars found as ex-cia-official is
arrested. Cash-rolexes-allegedly-found-inside-his-home
Can’t trust many in high places need more deep paper and associates tracing.
Examples must be made you feel lucky.
Examples must be made...................if only.
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