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Ex CIA official found with $40 million in gold bars for 'work-related expenses' reaches plea deal
Fortune • • nation
Key Points:
- A federal judge extended the deadline to indict David J. Rush until October 8 to allow prosecutors and his attorney to finalize a plea deal, potentially avoiding a public trial involving classified material disputes.
- Rush faces charges of theft of public money for fraudulently claiming 744 hours of military leave after his 2015 Navy discharge and inflating his salary by falsifying academic credentials from Clemson University and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
- Investigators seized approximately 300 gold bars valued over $40 million, $2 million in cash, and 35 luxury watches from Rush’s home, though his attorney stated the gold bars are unrelated to the theft charges.
- The FBI affidavit indicated Rush obtained the gold bars from the U.S. government for work expenses, but a Justice Department attorney noted he was not authorized to possess them at home.
