A senior CIA official who allegedly invented a military career as a Navy captain and Air Force test pilot used that fabricated identity to secure high-level agency promotions, then requested and took home $40 million (£30 million) in gold bars over five months before a routine audit triggered internal alarms.
David J. Rush was arrested on 19 May and charged with criminal theft of public money after FBI agents searched his Virginia home and recovered roughly 303 one-kilogram gold bars, $2 million (£1.5 million) in US currency, and 35 luxury watches, according to federal court filings.
