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A Navy veteran and former CIA employee whose home was found to have $40 million in gold bars after an FBI raid has reached a tentative plea agreement.
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A former CIA officer who allegedly fabricated his military record and academic credentials, and who was found with 303 gold bars, $2 million in cash, and dozens of luxury watches at his Virginia home, is negotiating a plea deal that could spare the government a trial tangled in classified material. David J. Rush, a onetime […] The post Former CIA officer found with $40 million in gold bars moves toward plea deal appeared first on American Almanac .
A former CIA officer who allegedly fabricated his military record and academic credentials, and who was found with 303 gold bars, $2 million in cash, and dozens of luxury watches at his Virginia home, is negotiating a plea deal that could spare the government a trial tangled in classified material. David J. Rush, a onetime official in the CIA's science and technology division, and federal prosecutors filed a joint motion Friday in federal district court in Virginia asking a judge to extend the indictment deadline to Oct. 8. The filing stated that both sides had reached "a plea agreement in principle" and were working to finalize terms before the case reached a grand jury. CBS News reported that the court document did not specify what…Open
Government lawyers and Rush's attorney told a federal district court in Virginia that the resolution promotes the public interest, in part due to the extensive hurdles that dealing with classified material might create to a trial.
A former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer, who previously held top secret security clearance, has been arrested after hundreds of gold bars were found in his Virginia home.
A former Central Intelligence Agency officer with top secret security clearance has been charged with theft of public money after roughly 300 gold bars were found at his home. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: - DETAIL: Last week on Tuesday, David Rush was arrested on charges of criminal theft of public money . According to reports, Rush previously held a senior executive position in the CIA, and issued multiple requests “to obtain a significant quantity of foreign currency and tens of millions of dollars in gold bars for work-related expenses” between November 2025 and March 2026. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) discovered 303 gold bars, each weighing around one kilogram, with a total combined worth of more than $40m at…Open
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Federal authorities arrested a former Central Intelligence Agency official last week after investigators allegedly uncovered hundreds of gold bars worth more than $40 million hidden […] Source
The official, identified as David Rush, was charged with criminal theft of public money in a complaint filed last week in the Eastern District of Virginia.
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This Stars and Stripes image from 2003 shows stacks of gold bars seized by U.S. soldiers near Kirkuk, Iraq.
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