Although, granted not clever enough, ultimately.

Via the BBC:  Nicaraguan police seize $7m from fake Mexico journalists

Police in Nicaragua say they have found at least $7m (£4.4m) in cash in vans confiscated on Wednesday from 18 people posing as journalists.

They were detained trying to cross Nicaragua’s northern border in six vans, some of them painted with the logos of Mexico’s Televisa network.

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The "fake journalists" said they were travelling to Nicaragua to cover the high-profile of trial of suspects in the killing of Argentine folk singer Facundo Cabral last year.

Well, you know, a lot of money falls out of people’s pockets over the years and ends up in the seat cushions…