Former Schalke footballer Yannick Kamba sentenced to prison for fraud 
Former German Schalke footballer Yannick Kamba and his wife to three years and ten months in prison for faking the death of an athlete. This is reported by The Sun.
According to the source, after the announcement of the death of the athlete, his wife received 1.2 million euros from the insurance company. However, three years later, the footballer came to the German Embassy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and said that his wife organized his abduction in order to obtain funds from the insurance company, and only now he managed to escape from her.
The court in Germany, where the footballer is insured his life, did not believe in the kidnapping story. As a result, Kamba and his wife were sentenced to prison for fraud.
Kamba is a graduate of the Schalke 04 system. The player failed to get into the first team. Since 2008, he has played for clubs in the lower divisions of the German championship. After completing his football career, he took a job as a technologist in the chemical industry.