Former footballer Lucien Aubey, who performed on mortgage for Portsmouth in 2008, has been sentenced to 2 years in jail after being discovered responsible of fraud.
Aubey and co-defendant Mohamed Dia had been investigated in France and finally convicted of soliciting a £120,000 funding from a buddy to assist arrange a report label.
The buddy reported the fraud and the 40-year-old former Premier League participant was subsequently charged together with Dia, who was handed a one-year suspended jail sentence.
Ex-Pompey loanee responsible of fraud
Lucien Aubey at Toulouse (Picture credit score: Getty Photos)
“The Toulouse courtroom heard that Aubey and co-accused Mohamed Dia allegedly advised the person, identified merely as Sebastien, that he would earn £1million three years after his funding,” studies Alan Smith for the Mirror .
“Prosecutors revealed conversations on a tapped telephone that proved the accusation with the courtroom ordering Aubey sentenced to a two-year jail time period, with the ultimate 12 months suspended.”
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“I misplaced every little thing, and my spouse needed to commit suicide. I had to surrender work. We break up up, and people two [Aubey and Dia] simply had snigger about all of it,” Sebastien, a shoe repairer now aged 42, advised the courtroom.
The courtroom additionally heard from Aubey in his defence: “My cash was tied up in Cyprus, held by my membership Olympiakos Nicosia. This wasn’t a fraud – I by no means robbed anybody.”
Aubey, who can also be barred organising an organization as a result of a earlier chapter in keeping with Smith, should additionally reimburse his former buddy in full.
In accordance with the Portsmouth Information , Aubey and Dia relieved Sebastien of his cash in 2015. Aubey was additionally accused of “threatening to hurt [Sebastien’s] youngsters” when his former buddy pursued reimbursement.
Aubey got here to Portsmouth the summer time after the membership gained the FA Cup (Picture credit score: Getty Photos)
The Congolese left-back performed the majority of his skilled profession with Toulouse earlier than shifting to Lens in 2007.
Aubey was loaned to Portsmouth the next yr and made three Premier League appearances, later taking part in for Rennes, Turkish aspect Sivasspor and Reims earlier than the ill-fated transfer to Cyprus in 2012.
“Aubey arrived at Pompey at first of 2008, in the identical switch window wherein Lassana Diarra was signed by Harry Redknapp from Arsenal ,” says the Portsmouth Information.
“Jermain Defoe was additionally recruited from Spurs on the window’s shut, as Benjani moved to Manchester Metropolis .”
Born in Brazzaville, Congo, Aubey represented France at Below-21 degree however gained 5 senior worldwide caps for the Republic of the Congo in the previous few years of his profession.
