# Former CIA officer pleads guilty in nearly $200 million gold bar fraud case

https://mins.news/en/video/89405

- ABC News, 2026-10-07 09:54 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9a_1lo9Rdf8

> David Rush, a former CIA officer arrested after authorities found about $40 million in gold bars at his Virginia home, pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court to one count of wire fraud. He admitted defrauding the U.S. government of nearly $200 million for his own benefit. Prosecutors had described him as a “master manipulator.”

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