What changed in this update
A plea hearing revealed a far larger pattern of fraud against the government, while keeping some key secrets still hidden.
Event intelligence
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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NYTimes – US NYT
Ex-C.I.A. Officer Who Stashed Gold Bars Admits to Far Larger $145 Million Scam
A plea hearing revealed a far larger pattern of fraud against the government, while keeping some key secrets still hidden.
BBC News – World BBC
Ex-US spy who stashed gold bars in his home admits to $200m scam
David Rush, who also confessed to providing secrets to a foreign government, had revealed the existence of a "clandestine human source", prosecutors said.
