Hiannick Kamba, who was at Schalke 04, was pronounced dead in 2016, but four years later, he was found working in a factory in Germany.
In 2016, the death of Hiannick Kamba was known, a former footballer who was part of the lower divisions of Schalke 04 and went through several teams in the rising leagues of German football.
At the time, his club VfB Huls reported that Kamba had tragically perished in a car accident in his native Republic of the Congo; However, four years later, it was known that it was a feigned death.
The 35-year-old Congolese defender was located last year working in a factory energy in the Ruhr area in northwestern Germany. This decision would have been motivated so that his wife collects the death insurance, valued at more than one million dollars.
Today, Kamba and his wife, Christina, are accused of an alleged millionaire fraud and they will be tried in the Essen Regional Court despite completely denying the claims against them.
Version of the facts
As described Infobae, It all started at the beginning of 2015, when Kamba was a member of the German Yeg Hassel. He, accompanied by his wife, was going to sign an insurance policy amounting to 1.2 million euros, an agreement that was reached after the footballer initially proposed that it be four million and ended up being rejected.
The following year, the player went to visit his homeland and landed in Kanisha (capital) and a few days later his relatives were going to receive the worst news: Kamba had died in a traffic accident.
Through tears, her partner I was going to receive the agreed million euros with the insurance agency as compensation.
He was never heard from again until last year when he was found working in a factory. “Kamba claims that he was abandoned by some friends overnight in the Congo in January 2016 and they left him without documents, money and a telephone,” he explained in dialogue with image prosecutor Anette Milk, in charge of the case. The former soccer player claimed that he had been kidnapped.
Another of the curiosities of the subject was that in 2018, the player himself would have communicated with the Embassy to warn that the information about his death was false.
As of his reappearance alive, the case began to be carefully investigated, in which his partner, Christina, is also involved. was summoned to answer in court for being an accomplice from what has occured.
Christina’s attorney, Michael Wolff, refuted claims that she was involved in a scam and said he was surprised to learn that her husband was still alive.
“We are convinced that at the end of the trial both the prosecutors and the court will be convinced of my client’s innocence,” said Wolff.
“The money is still available and has since been seized. It has been invested in a house and it has been deposited in accounts ”, he said. Christina told image: “I have nothing to do with any deception. The news of Hiannick’s death surprised me as much as anyone else. “
As indicated Yahoo! Sports, Kamba faces up to ten years in prison if convicted. (D)
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