Former CIA employee charged after alleged $40M gold-bar theft
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A former CIA executive service employee, David Rush, is accused of stealing 303 gold bullion bars worth more than $40 million and over $2 million in foreign currency from a government storage space, along with 35 luxury watches. The theft charge is linked to alleged falsification of educational/military credentials and timecard fraud used to obtain and maintain his position; Rush remains in custody in Virginia as the FBI and CIA investigation continues, with a detention hearing postponed.
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