
据法庭记录显示,他被指控滥用职权和政府资金,通过购买佛罗里达房地产和价值数千万美元的数百根金条来非法获利。
to a charge that he abused his position and government funds to enrich himself by acquiring Florida real estate and hundreds of gold bars worth tens of millions of dollars, according to court records.
大弗雷德里克·J·拉什伪造了一个“高度机密”的政府项目,以便 justification购买他打算转售以谋取个人利益的南部豪宅财产,据法庭文件称。该文件还称,拉什还编造了一个虚假的“敏感政府活动”来获取金条。
David J Rush fabricated a “highly classified” government program to justify the acquisition of luxury property in south that he intended to resell for personal profit, according to a court filing. Rush separately concocted a bogus “sensitive government activity” to obtain the gold bars, the filing also says.
检方还指控拉什向同事和政府承包商虚构军事和学术背景,以及他自己编造的项目,并虚称该项目得到美国高层官员的授权。
Prosecutors also accuse Rush of lying to colleagues and government contractors about his military and academic credentials and the fake program that he invented, falsely claiming it was authorized by high-ranking US officials.
法庭文件称:“拉什利用其合法的政府权限和伪造的个人信誉来赢得他人的信任。”
“Rush used his legitimate government authority and manufactured personal bona fides to create confidence in his directions,” the court filing says.
法庭记录显示,拉什在弗吉尼亚州亚历山大市法院的听讯中对电诈罪做出了认罪声明。地区法官迈克尔·纳赫曼诺夫定于1月28日对拉什进行判刑。
Rush pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud during a hearing in Alexandria, Virginia court records show. The district judge Michael Nachmanoff is scheduled to sentence Rush on 28 January.
据周二提交的法庭文件称,数月前,拉什试图欺诈性地授权从一个政府合同中释放1亿美元。该文件称,他指使他人将约1.45亿美元转至他指定的控股公司账户,然后用这些资金在佛罗里达州棕榈滩和霍布湖购买了四处“豪华”房产。
Several months ago, Rush tried to fraudulently authorize the release of $100m from a government contract, according to Tuesday’s filing. He directed somebody else to transfer approximately $145m to a holding company formed at his direction, then used those funds to acquire four “luxury” properties in Palm Beach and Hobe Sound, Florida, the filing says.
在之前的法庭文件中,检方称拉什在其弗吉尼亚州家中藏匿了价值超过4000万美元的金条。他们还指控他在2015年从美国海军荣退后,欺诈性地索赔数万美元的军事休假补偿金。
In previous court filings, prosecutors said Rush stashed more than $40m worth of gold bars from the federal government at his Virginia home. They also accused him of fraudulently claiming tens of thousands of dollars in compensation for military leave after he was honorably discharged from the US navy in 2015.
Rush在 investigators搜查其住所并查获约300根金条、大约200万美元现金和35块奢侈手表后被逮捕。根据FBI特工的宣誓书,一名法官在今年早些时候的初次庭审后下令Rush无保释放。
Rush was arrested after investigators searched his home and seized approximately 300 gold bars, roughly $2m in US currency and about 35 luxury watches, according to an FBI agent’s affidavit. A judge ordered Rush to be held without bond after his initial court appearance earlier this year.
在6月份的一次听证会上,辩护律师Jessica Carmichael表示,Rush最初并未因发现金条被控任何犯罪,她将其称为“基本上是个无关紧要的事情”和“不过是个耸人听闻的细节”。她说她的当事人合法获得了金条,并将其锁在 basement的保险箱里。
During a hearing in June, defense attorney Jessica Carmichael said Rush wasn’t charged initially with any crimes related to the discovery of the gold bars, which she referred to as “basically a non-issue” and “nothing more than a sensational tidbit”. She said her client properly obtained the gold bars and kept them locked in a safe in his basement.
“Rush先生从未声称这些金条是他的,”Carmichael说。
“Mr Rush never claimed they were his,” Carmichael said.
当局表示Rush在 job applications上对其教育背景和军事经历撒谎,虚假声称自己是一名前海军飞行员,毕业于南卡罗来纳州的克莱姆森大学(Clemson University)本科和纽约的Rensselaer理工学院(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)硕士。
Authorities say Rush lied about his education and military background on job applications, falsely claiming to be a former navy pilot who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Clemson University in South Carolina and a master’s degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York.
调查人员查明他从未担任过海军飞行员,也未就读于任何一所学校。根据FBI的宣誓书,Rush于1997年入伍,2015年以少校身份从海军预备役获得荣誉退役。
Investigators determined that he didn’t serve as a navy pilot and didn’t attend either school. Rush enlisted in the navy in 1997 and was honorably discharged from the navy reserves as a lieutenant in 2015, according to the FBI affidavit.