Petit Nicolás teaches you how to be Petit Nicolás (for 600 euros)

Barcelona"Knowledge, without contact, stays in the classroom." This is how Francisco Nicolás Gómez Iglesias presents his work.Lias the Little NicholasHis latest escapade: an online course offering his followers training to become him. Titled Mr. PresidentIn this "training program," Francisco Nicolás promises to teach them how to manipulate the "invisible strings" of power that move in the stands of the Bernabéu stadium, at private dinners with the elite, and in the boardrooms of large companies. And all for the price of 600 euros—560 for those who booked before it started on January 19. Taxes included.

Francisco Nicolás Gómez (Móstoles, 1994) rose to fame in 2014, at the age of twenty, when he was arrested for fraud, forgery, and identity theft for having impersonated someone else. by advisor to the government of Mariano Rajoy and even member of the CNIEven then, he had participated in meetings with former PP president José María Aznar and in receptions with the King and Queen. This would be the first of the accusations that would eventually land him in the dock. In ten years, he has accumulated several convictions, all of them minor. from forging an ID card so that a friend could take the university entrance exams for him even tricking a businessman into depositing money in his name, again impersonating a member of the National Intelligence Center (CNI) and renting luxury cars to complete the deception.

A company based in Ceuta

What does Little Nicholas want to teach his students? The course is based on several modules, with videos that paying users can access "for life." As he himself explained in a newsletter The periodic course, which began in 2024, offers lessons in public speaking, general knowledge, and protocol, teaching participants "how to behave in different environments." tech From Pozuelo to hunting trips in Extremadura," without appearing "nouveau riche." Videos on emotional intelligence and how to find a "patron" within high society are also included.

"It's the real, proven system of someone who has reached the highest levels of Spanish political and social life without coming from an influential family. It's the know-how "The raw power, not LinkedIn tips," he boasts. According to the established facts of the sentences that convicted him, Petit Nicolás managed to carve out a niche for himself in high society by showing photographs of himself with PP leaders and the King and Queen, and even now he insists that if the CNI didn't confirm he was a spy, it was because he didn't raise the issue. modus operandi

Not all of these acts were criminal, according to the justice system: the Supreme Court annulled the conviction against him for impersonating an emissary of the Royal Household and the Spanish government in Ribadeo at a lunch with a businessman. He has a pending review before the same court of a four-year and three-month prison sentence for illegally accessing police files to falsify car license plates. If upheld, that sentence could indeed land him in jail.

While awaiting the court's decision, Francisco Nicolás is promoting this new business venture through a company he created last year and of which he is the sole partner, as ARA has been able to verify. It is called the International Institute of Strategic Connections, is based in Ceuta, and has a capital of 3,000 euros. However, if anyone thinks that the 600 euros the course costs will grant them access to Francisco Nicolás's network of contacts, they are sorely mistaken. He himself clarifies this in the frequently asked questions section about the training: "I teach you to fish, I don't give you the fish. The value of the course is that you learn to generate your own relational independence."