Agents also found about $2m in cash and 35 luxury watches in the home of David Rush, who court filings say had top secret clearance.

David Rush made several requests to the US government to receive the bars for “work-related expenses” over the past year, according to court documents. He has been charged with criminal theft of public money in a complaint filed last week.

According to the New York Times, Rush held a senior position in the CIA until recently.

  • Kirp123@lemmy.world
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    23 days ago

    Rush, who court documents say had top secret clearance and access to classified information, has also been accused of lying about his education and military service when applying for his government job, and fraudulently taking military leave with thousands of dollars in pay.

    They’re just hiring anybody eh? McDonalds does a better background check on people applying to be a burger flipper but this guy was hired by the CIA and they didn’t even bother to check if he went to college? They also somehow thought it was fine to give him 40 million dollars in gold bars and they gave it to him before checking what he needed them for.