Ex-intelligence official involved in gold bars and watches case
U.S. authorities managed to seize approximately 300 gold bars valued at over $40 million from the home of a former CIA official, who faces charges of stealing public funds, inflating his salary through manipulated data, and making false claims of possessing university degrees. The defendant has reached a preliminary agreement to plead guilty, with the formal indictment postponed until next August to finalize details and avoid a public trial involving classified information. The charges also include obtaining 744 false military leave hours, inflating his salary, and possessing the bars alongside expenses related to his work. A Department of Justice lawyer confirmed that the bars were not authorized to be in his possession at his home.
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