Guy who took home $40 million in gold bars from CIA office supply closet is criminally charged with padding his resume.
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@mattblaze This story is crazy for so many reasons. Gold bars in the office? (Well I had a friend who was sent overseas with a literal bag full of cash for reasons I wasn't privy to but apparently the mission worked out...still less crazy than gold bars in the office)
Rush falsified his educational qualifications and military service to secure his job with the CIA, which he joined in 2009 and secured “top secret/secure compartmented information clearance”
The CIA gives full scope polys including the SES level, how did he use a largely fraudulent resume to get his job.
Rush is also alleged to have committed timecard fraud.
Oh that'll do it. I've seen senior civil servants marched out the door immediately for time card fraud when other infractions would've been investigated interminably. Time card fraud, that's it (well it used to be before our current era of lawlessness).
This is almost laughable when you look at the billions Trump is stealing from taxpayers and getting in payola from foreign countries & companies.
@Nonya_Bidniss @mattblaze Time card fraud is really easy to prove with security cameras.
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@Nonya_Bidniss @mattblaze Time card fraud is really easy to prove with security cameras.
@adamshostack @Nonya_Bidniss In this case the time fraud was claiming time off for the reserve duty he wasn't actually doing because he wasn't in the reserves.
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Guy who took home $40 million in gold bars from CIA office supply closet is criminally charged with padding his resume. Because you have to draw the line somewhere.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/29/cia-official-gold-theft-trial@mattblaze They got Capone on tax evasion.
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@Nonya_Bidniss The only thing plausible I can think of is that he lied his resume, but not on the SF86, and he got the job based on the CV, but was investigated off the SF86.
@mattblaze I guess I could see this since the SF86 and resume go through separate pipelines, but you still have the investigator as a wild card. Seems like a huge risk, since those lies come with penalties if the govt chooses to pursue them even if you don't get the job. But this guy was obviously just fine with huge risks!
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@Nonya_Bidniss @mattblaze Time card fraud is really easy to prove with security cameras.
@adamshostack @mattblaze Don't even need cameras, the badging system does the work. But yeah ref. Matt's comment
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@adamshostack @mattblaze Don't even need cameras, the badging system does the work. But yeah ref. Matt's comment
@Nonya_Bidniss @mattblaze True. Cameras make for a very visceral case but the badge system is probably enough
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@mattblaze LOL, the CIA just has gold bars lying around in the office? Gee, I just got promotional pens at work.
You get promotional pens?
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@mattblaze LOL, the CIA just has gold bars lying around in the office? Gee, I just got promotional pens at work.
you have your idea of office supplies; the CIA has theirs...
i'm sure they make great paperweights, doorstops, propping up table legs, suborning foreign assets. you know. just your normal day at the office.
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@ai6yr They need to put up a strongly worded sign. GOLD BARS ARE FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY.
@ai6yr PLEASE BE CONSIDERATE OF YOUR CO-WORKERS AND TAKE ONLY AS MANY GOLD BARS AS YOU NEED.
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@ai6yr PLEASE BE CONSIDERATE OF YOUR CO-WORKERS AND TAKE ONLY AS MANY GOLD BARS AS YOU NEED.
PLEASE DO NOT SMELT GOLD BARS
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Guy who took home $40 million in gold bars from CIA office supply closet is criminally charged with padding his resume. Because you have to draw the line somewhere.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/29/cia-official-gold-theft-trial@mattblaze I wonder how many others have been doing this? Including Spanky.
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@mattblaze I wonder how many others have been doing this? Including Spanky.
@CStamp I mean, I understand the temptation. You’re running late and won’t have time to stop and pick up gold bars on the way home, so you grab a couple from the stack next to the photocopier paper. But 300 bars? Excessive by any standard.
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PLEASE DO NOT SMELT GOLD BARS
IN THE MICROWAVE. THANK YOU.@20002ist @mattblaze @ai6yr TAKE A BAR LEAVE A BAR
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Guy who took home $40 million in gold bars from CIA office supply closet is criminally charged with padding his resume. Because you have to draw the line somewhere.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/29/cia-official-gold-theft-trialI'm sure it was just a misunderstanding.
He probably asked about taking them,
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@mattblaze @armb @ai6yr This would have been a great strategy for thwarting the MTA token-suckers back in the 1990s.
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@CStamp I mean, I understand the temptation. You’re running late and won’t have time to stop and pick up gold bars on the way home, so you grab a couple from the stack next to the photocopier paper. But 300 bars? Excessive by any standard.
@mattblaze LOL. Who sets the bar for what’s enough?
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@CStamp I mean, I understand the temptation. You’re running late and won’t have time to stop and pick up gold bars on the way home, so you grab a couple from the stack next to the photocopier paper. But 300 bars? Excessive by any standard.
@mattblaze @CStamp "Gold bars?! No, no, no, I said protein bars! We need protein bars. The ones we keep in the staff kitchen. Where did you even get these?"
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@mattblaze @CStamp "Gold bars?! No, no, no, I said protein bars! We need protein bars. The ones we keep in the staff kitchen. Where did you even get these?"
@chronovore @mattblaze @CStamp I believe I may have discovered the source of the confusion:
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@mattblaze @CStamp "Gold bars?! No, no, no, I said protein bars! We need protein bars. The ones we keep in the staff kitchen. Where did you even get these?"
@chronovore @CStamp The CIA supply catalog is probably much more interesting than at most offices. “Who ordered the rocket launcher? And please return my stapler.”
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I'll bet he left the light on in the bathroom, too.
And the toilet seat up, of course
