Ex-US government official arrested after $40m in gold bars found in home
David Rush, a former US government official, was arrested after FBI investigators found hundreds of gold bars worth more than $40m in his Virginia home. According to court documents, David Rush made several requests to the US government to receive the bars for "work-related expenses" over the past year. He has been charged with criminal theft of public money in a complaint filed last week.
Agents also uncovered about $2m in US currency in Rush's home, along with 35 luxury watches. Court documents state that Rush is a former senior executive in a US government agency in Virginia. The FBI said in a written statement that it arrested an individual on 19 May following a referral from the CIA. The FBI stated, "After a CIA internal investigation identified potential violations of the law, CIA Director John Ratcliffe referred the information to the FBI for a law enforcement investigation." Between November 2025 and March 2026, Rush made several requests to the US government "to obtain a significant quantity of foreign currency and tens of millions of dollars in gold bars for work-related expenses".
David Rush is being held in detention until his hearing this week.
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A former US government official is in trouble after an investigation into his expenses. Questions are being asked about the source of his wealth - and what he was planning to do with it.
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