{"id":158449,"date":"2026-10-06T22:09:50","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T22:09:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=158449"},"modified":"2026-10-06T22:09:50","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T22:09:50","slug":"ex-cia-official-accused-of-stealing-us40-million-in-gold-bars-pleads-guiltyunited-states-canada-south-china-morning-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=158449","title":{"rendered":"Ex-CIA official accused of stealing US$40 million in gold bars pleads guiltyUnited States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostA former senior CIA official pleaded guilty on Tuesday in Virginia to a charge that he abused his position and government funds to enrich himself by acquiring Florida real estate and hundreds of gold bars worth over US$40 million, according to court records.<br \/>\nDavid J. Rush fabricated a \u201chighly classified\u201d government programme to justify the acquisition of luxury property in south Florida that he intended to resell for personal profit, according to a court filing.<br \/>\nRush separately concocted a bogus&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/world\/united-states-canada\/article\/3369964\/ex-cia-official-accused-stealing-us40-million-gold-bars-pleads-guilty?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostA former senior CIA official pleaded guilty on Tuesday in Virginia to a charge that he abused his position and government&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158449"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=158449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158449\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=158449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=158449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=158449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}