Source: New York Post
A spy convinced the CIA to give him $40 million in gold bars by claiming it was for “work-related expenses” — and it was just the latest in a career for increasingly brazen lies, according to federal prosecutors. David Rush made a series of requests to the agency to obtain “a significant quantity” of foreign currency and hundreds of gold bars between November and March, according to a staggering federal affidavit. David Rush, an ex-CIA senior official who is accused of stealing $40 million in gold bars Alexandria Sheriff's Office Astonishingly, Rush received what he asked for, according to the court documents, and the agency was later unable to locate any record of Rush explaining to the CIA what precise work-related purpose the enormous sums.
