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Ex-CIA Official Pleads Guilty in Fraud Scheme, Agrees to Forfeit Assets

A former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) official pleaded guilty Tuesday, Oct. 6, in federal court in Virginia to a single count of wire fraud. David Rush entered the plea during a hearing in the Eastern District of Virginia, court records show. He admitted to inventing fake classified programs to divert nearly $200 million in government money, […]

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