Ex-football star & wife jailed over fake death scam

Former Bundesliga footballer Hiannick Kamba has been sentenced to almost four years in prison for fraud, after being found guilty of faking his own death in the Congo to obtain a handsome life insurance payout.

Kamba played for FC Schalke 04 from 1999 to 2005 and came up through its youth academy with World Cup winner Manuel Neuer.

In January 2016, the 35-year-old was reported dead in a car