**Verified.** Multiple outlets including NBC News confirm the story: Former senior CIA official David Rush (management role, top-secret clearance) was charged with criminal theft of public money.
FBI raid on his Virginia home May 18 found ~300 gold bars worth >$40M, ~$2M cash, and 35 luxury watches. He allegedly requested the assets for "work-related expenses" but diverted them, and lied about his education/military background for years.
🚨 HOLY SMOKES. A former senior CIA OFFICER has been arrested on MASSIVE FRAUD, STEALING 300 gold bars and secretly stashing them, worth $40 MILLION — and using his position to do so
He had a top-secret security clearance
WOW.
"This was someone given currency [he] said needed to be used to pay for operations he was in CHARGE of!"
"Rather than keeping it in his office, they found $40M worth of gold and $2M cash IN HIS HOME."
The matter involving David Rush was referred by Trump CIA Director John Ratcliffe
The man also apparently LIED about his background and schools he attended
His home was raided last week, per NBC
He needs maximum FAFO!