Can't Fix Stupid
So, a senior CIA official ( David Rush ) was arrested last week, after investigators found hundreds of gold bars worth over $40 million,
stashed in his Virginia residence, a fortune that he apparently brought home from work, according to court papers.
This post is not about him, but the mistakes he made.
Years ago ...
I was involved in an investigation of a Dept of Energy employee, who had been pilfering parts of every weapons order he made.
He would order say 20 of a particular item, then 3-4 would go missing. He would then wait 3-6 months, list and resell them.
Using Soldier of Fortune 'type ads' or going to gun shows, etc.
Unfortunately for him, everything had serial numbers and cage codes. He also used his Departments line of credit to buy = making
each Large/Valuable purchase and the eventual theft of a percentage of those orders, trackable.
As a Critical Infrastructure Government Agency, the Department of Energy has access and the ability to order weapons and high-end
Night Vision equipment, etc - along with ammo and other accessories. Over several years, the Perp had made stupid money doing this,
what is known as the 'Steal, then Resell Flip.' ... Just like our C.I.A. Goldbug, he kept everything at home = Stupid.
So,
if you're going to be a Scumbag and steal and keep a GaBillion Dollars worth of stuff, this would be the right way to Stash it.
* Don't keep it in your own home (Drug Traffickers' eventually figured this out.)
Don't even leave it at a Known Associates Home or Business.
Not your Mommas house or any nearby relatives home or business.
* Put the questionable items into storage:
Use a Beard (front-man), who then adds you as an allowed-to-access individual.
This keeps you off the books, as the Beard would be the only Lease Related Individual on record.
This causes the requirement for Law Enforcement to generate a second set of Warrants and a second layer of Probable Cause,
since it's You, not the front man they're after. Giving you time to slide in and remove said items.
How?
Have a second Beard/Front-man rent the adjoining unit, the separating walls, only being held up by removable screws.
You can steal everything a second time and do so while not being observed ... from a now 3rd parties unit.
Your Beard (front-man), should not be a relative, spouse or Known Associate.
Any use of this 'stashing method' should be at least 4 Road Bridges away, from your operational home/business = 20+ miles away
in rural areas, generally speaking.
If you choose the right direction of those 4 Bridges:
This will also put your stash location over into a connecting County, causing yet additional delays, due to yet another Law Enforcement
Agency (Sheriff's Department, etc) getting involved, with the resulting complications.
Another angle is to rent Climate Controlled/Indoor units, since that Limits Access ...
(You have to have an indoor unit to access the Air Conditioned building), plus it keeps your Hot items Cool.
