Federal court filings in Virginia, home to the Langley headquarters of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), show a former official is accused of stealing hundreds of gold bars and other valuables from the government.
The man was arrested and charged with criminal theft of public money last week, according to the court documents, the Associated Press reported.What is the case about?
Between November 2025 and March this year, the man requested and received a "significant quantity of foreign currency and tens of millions of dollars in gold bars for work-related expenses," an affidavit from an FBI agent investigating the case alleges.
It says it's unclear what he intended to use the funds for, but that a portion of it was found in a storage space near his office.
When federal officials then searched his home on May 18, they seized more than 300 gold bars with an estimated value of more than $40 million (roughly €35 million).
