600 pounds of gold bars and $2 million seized from home of CIA officer.

On October 6, 2026, former senior CIA official David Rush pleaded guilty to wire fraud in a Virginia federal court after authorities discovered a massive hoard of stolen government assets at his home.

FBI agents seized approximately 300 gold bars weighing nearly 700 pounds and valued at over $40 million, along with $2 million in cash and 35 luxury watches from his residence in Ashburn, Virginia. Rush admitted to pocketing a total of $194 million in U.S. government funds by abusing his top-secret security clearance to invent fictitious CIA programs, using the fabricated assignments to justify the purchase of gold and foreign currency.

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