Introducing: Bad Money - Big Spender

Smoke Screen by producer@auddy.co

Nov 14, 20222:08Society & Culture

Some people do extraordinary things to get rich but few come close to Big Spender. A criminal mastermind, he grew up poor in Hong Kong and hungry for more. So, naturally, he decided to pull off the biggest crimes of thei...

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