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On taking Spain’s metro to ‘rob’ the central bank

PayMongo CEO and co-founder Francis Plaza spent his last few days in Spain doing whatever he wanted, being anyone he wanted to be — this time, a criminal to rob the central bank.

On his social media accounts, the bankero posted a photo of him and his friends wearing the popular get up from the popular Netflix show, ‘Money Heist’. Donned in red overalls, he shared his plan on how to ‘secure gold’ in a foreign land.

How do you steal a country’s gold reserves? You take the metro to the central bank pic.twitter.com/TdiGJqYsyh

— Francis Plaza (@fplaza) April 8, 2022

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