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deforestgump [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to Chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 3 days ago

Ex-CIA official found with gold bars admits to sprawling scheme, agrees to forfeit $194 million

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Ex-CIA official found with gold bars admits to sprawling scheme, agrees to forfeit $194 million

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deforestgump [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to Chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 3 days ago
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A former CIA official admitted to inventing fake classified programs to divert nearly $200 million in government money that was used to buy Florida mansions and gold bars.

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    I love how the CIA is portrayed in American movies and tv as super-competent and unyielding. Yet in actuality the CIA hasn’t discovered the ultra low tech concept of simple “background checks”. And - of course - it’s beyond funny that he convinced his superiors he needed $200,000,000 to do whatever. Plus this…

    David Rush entered a guilty plea on a single count of wire fraud during a hearing in federal court in Virginia.

    Ah, that’s setting an example! Somehow I feel that if his name was Ishaaq - the CIA would want the charges to be approaching 100 years. But how much time could wire fraud be for this white guy named David if he’s found guilty? ~5 years?

    • casskaydee [she/her]@hexbear.net
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      That’s why Burn After Reading is maybe my favorite movie that portrays CIA agents

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        still one of my favorite movies

      • InevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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        About 20 years has passed since it came out. And America has gotten stupider every day since then. People on Facebook believe that dogs exist that are bigger than horses because they can’t tell AI slop from reality. They’ll believe anything. It would be great if the Coen brothers allowed fan to a create reality tv version that was the exact same story but shot found footage style as if it had actually happened. I think a lot of Americans would believe it was real.

        God only knows what the average American will think and will believe ~20 years from now. Scary.

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    1. Get a job for the government by lying about your credentials
    2. Lie your way through the background check
    3. Ask your boss for gold bars for “work expenses” and get them.
    4. Stash your ill gotten gains in a non-extradition country <---- (Important!)

    This guy is either just short of insanely lucky or defrauding the government is way easier than it should be.

    • chgxvjh [comrade/them, he/him]@hexbear.net
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      We only hear about the people who get caught and the consequences were to pay back the defrauded money.

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      or defrauding the government is way easier than it should be.

      Well, well, funny that DOGE missed this very clear and evident case of fraud! Thank goodness they instead kicked millions off snap and medicaid.

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      Just wait for the right administration to bribe and walk out the door.

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    I wonder how often that happens.

    • Le_Wokisme [they/them, undecided]@hexbear.net
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      you can have

      the f-35 program

      public healthcare

      a few guys with piles of gold bars

      pick two

      • chgxvjh [comrade/them, he/him]@hexbear.net
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        Can I be one of the guys with a pile of gold bars?

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          you have to work for the CIA for a while before they’ll let you have them, but sure

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            sweet

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    Good for them

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