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Ex-CIA official pleads guilty to $195 million fraud involving gold bars
FBI agents seized gold bars, cash and luxury watches this year at the home of David J. Rush, according to an affidavit.
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All three outlets center the guilty plea and the gold-bar fraud case, and all three describe the scale as nearly $200 million. The Washington Post is the only one to mention FBI agents seizing gold bars, cash and luxury watches at David J. Rush’s home. ABC News and NBC News both foreground the amount of gold bars involved, but NBC News alone highlights a possible 20-year sentence and ABC News alone says the gold was found in Virginia.
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