Bro, this is nuts.
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What a timeline!
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Could be pure coincidence, but it's interesting nonetheless.
So this guy David Rush, a former senior CIA official with top-secret clearance, was just arrested after the feds raided his Virginia home and found:
303 gold bars (weighing about 2.2 pounds each, valued at over $40 million)
$2 million in cold, hard cash
35 luxury watches (mostly Rolexes)
But here's the best part: Rush allegedly told his agency he needed all this glittering treasure for legitimate "work-related expenses." You know, like how you expense a pack of gum from the airport kiosk. Just a casual $40 million request is all.
It gets better. This guy wasn't just padding his expense report. He spent years faking his entire military and educational background to climb the ladder.
From Fox News:
A federal investigation revealed that despite holding a Senior Executive Service (SES) rank and Top Secret/SCI clearance, Rush routinely lied about his military background and education.
In applications for his high-level job, Rush claimed he was a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School and the 'current director of test for a 145-person, 18-aircraft joint Army/Navy weapons test organization,' according to court documents.
However, military records show Rush was never a pilot and held no FAA licenses; his actual duties in the Navy included working as an information systems technician.
Seriously, how did this guy fake all these things at the highest levels of U.S. intelligence?
He even scammed $77,000 in fraudulent military leave pay by pretending he was still a Navy captain. No fear of an audit for Mr. Rush, I suppose.
More from Fox News:
'After a CIA internal investigation identified potential violations of the law, CIA Director John Ratcliffe referred the information to the FBI for a law enforcement investigation,' the CIA and FBI wrote in a joint statement. 'The FBI is working closely with our partners at the CIA and the Department of Justice as we continue to investigate this matter fully. We are committed to following the facts, ensuring accountability, and pursuing justice in accordance with the law.'
According to an unsealed criminal complaint and FBI affidavit, the grift unraveled after Rush made multiple requests to his agency between November 2025 and March 2026 for a 'significant quantity of foreign currency and tens of millions of dollars in gold bars.'
Man, I guess it pays to work at the CIA.
That is, until you get caught stealing!
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