Former CIA Employee Arrested After FBI Finds $40 Million in Gold Bars, Cash, Rolexes
May 27th, 2026What positions at CIA allow employees to officially requisition millions of dollars worth of gold bars?
Hmm.
When CIA employees aren’t being investigated for keeping tens of millions of dollars worth of the Agency’s gold bars at home, what do CIA employees normally get up to with the Agency’s gold bars?
Hmm.
With regard to the Rolex watches in this milieu, see:
How CIA Officers Use Watches To Recruit Spies, Make Friends, & Influence Others
Watches as Tools of Money Laundering and Illicit Finance
Via: Fox:
A former senior U.S. government official with top secret security clearance was arrested after the FBI raided his Virginia home and discovered a staggering $40 million stash of gold bars, $2 million in cash and 35 luxury watches, court documents reveal.
David J. Rush was arrested May 19 and is facing federal charges for theft of public money after allegedly swindling the government out of tens of millions of dollars while posing as a highly decorated Navy Reserve captain and Air Force test pilot.
He held a senior position with the CIA until recently, according to a report from The New York Times.
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.”
Rush claimed the payout was strictly for “work-related expenses,” but an FBI search of his home on May 18 turned up roughly 303 one-kilogram gold bars, $2 million in U.S. currency and dozens of luxury watches, many of which were Rolexes, according to court documents.
