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David Rush CIA gold theft guilty plea
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Current state
Former CIA officer David Rush has pleaded guilty to a fraud scheme that included stealing hundreds of gold bars and acquiring real estate; reported losses range from more than $40 million to as much as $200 million. According to one report, he also confessed to providing secrets to a foreign government and revealing the existence of a clandestine human source.
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What changed
New reporting lowered the cited lower bound of Rush's fraud losses from about $145 million to more than $40 million and added real-estate acquisitions to the guilty-plea scheme.
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Sky News – Front Page Sky
Ex-CIA official pleads guilty to stealing gold bars as part of elaborate scam
NPR – US NPR
Former CIA official accused of stealing $40M in gold bars pleads guilty
A former senior CIA official pleaded guilty Tuesday to a charge that he abused his position to enrich himself by acquiring Florida real estate and hundreds of gold bars worth over $40 million.
