Adam Cronshaw: Last News

Daily Star Sport takes a look at some of football's biggest con men, including one who almost ended up signing for a team in the Champions League...A former footballer at Derby County and Southend United, Medi Abalimba was sentenced to four years in prison on multiple charges of fraud after impersonating former Chelsea winger Gael Kakuta.After his football career was cut short by injury, Abalimba pretended to be Kakuta when he visited nightclubs and stayed at luxury hotels, paying for items on stolen credit cards.Sergeant Adam Cronshaw of Greater Manchester Police told the court: "Abalimba told us that many of his victims treated him so differently because they thought he was a celebrity footballer."After he was released from prison,

herePolice said the seizure led them back to his house.Cash was found in kitchen cupboards and 'debtors lists'.GMP said in a statement: "Two of Lloyd's mobile phones were downloaded by police and were full of messages indicating that Lloyd was dealing drugs in large amounts for a sustained period of time."A subsequent search of Lloyd's house uncovered £4,920 stashed in kitchen cupboards, drugs debtors lists, a vacuum packing machine and electronic scales with traces of white powder."The court heard the van was stopped on Friday, March 20 between junctions seven and eight of the M62.Detective Constable Adam Cronshaw, of GMP's Serious and Organised Crime Group, said Lloyd was part of a supply chain bringing heroin into Greater Manchester.He