Feds seize $40M in gold bars, cash, Rolexes
from former CIA official who faked being
a Navy pilot
Posted By: sunset, 5/27/2026 10:12:54 PM
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. [T]he grift unraveled after Rush made multiple requests for a "significant quantity of foreign currency and tens of millions of dollars in gold bars."
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Feds seize $40M in gold bars, cash, Rolexes
from former CIA official who faked being
a Navy pilot 23 replies
from former CIA official who faked being
a Navy pilot 23 replies
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. [T]he grift unraveled after Rush made multiple requests for a "significant quantity of foreign currency and tens of millions of dollars in gold bars."
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