Former senior CIA officer took home gold bars and millions in cash, FBI says

A former senior CIA executive service-level employee in Virginia, David J. Rush, was arrested May 19 after FBI agents searched his home and seized more than 300 one-kilogram gold bars valued at over $40 million. Agents also seized about $2 million in U.S. currency and approximately 35 luxury watches, many identified as Rolex. Rush is charged with felony theft of public money and remains in U.S. Marshals Service custody after a bond request was denied. Court records show he waived a preliminary hearing and had a detention hearing postponed to June 5. The CIA reported suspicions after Rush allegedly requested large quantities of foreign currency and tens of millions of dollars in gold bars for work-related expenses, leading to a referral to the FBI.

"FBI agents searching his home seized more than 300 1-kilogram gold bars valued at more than $40 million, according to an affidavit from FBI Special Agent Matthew T. Johnson, who works in the counterintelligence division of the FBI's Washington field office. "FBI agents also seized approximately $2 million in United States currency," the document states. "Finally, FBI agents seized approximately 35 luxury watches, many of which were Rolex brand.""

"Rush, a former senior executive service-level CIA employee in Virginia, was arrested on May 19. He remains in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service after his request to be released on bond was denied. Federal court records show that he waived a preliminary hearing and was scheduled for a detention hearing in Alexandria, Va., on Friday. But Magistrate Judge William E. Fitzpatrick agreed to a request from both sides of the case to postpone that hearing to the morning of June 5."

"The CIA says it informed the FBI of its suspicions about Rush, who apparently fell under scrutiny after he began asking for gold bars last November. That's when he began making "several requests to obtain a significant quantity of foreign currency and tens of millions of dollars in gold bars for work-related expenses," according to the affidavit. "After a CIA internal investigation identified potential violations of the law, CIA Director John Ratcliffe referred the in""

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