The Football Fraud : Episode 520
UK True Crime Podcast
UK True Crime Podcast
4.3 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 22 June 2026
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Medi Abalimba had a talent for convincing people he was someone else. Over the years, he posed as professional footballers, wealthy businessmen and well-connected insiders, gaining access to luxury lifestyles and the trust of his victims. In this episode of the UK True Crime podcast, I examine the rise and repeated downfall of one of Britain's most prolific fraudsters, and how his lies continued to convince new victims to spend their mone on him, despite his multiple convictions. Sometimes it seems, jsut having the confidence is everything...
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| 0:00.0 | We'll get back to your true crime story in just a moment. This podcast is part of the Always |
| 0:05.8 | True Crime Network, home of thousands of episodes exploring gripping true crime cases. If you're |
| 0:11.9 | looking for somewhere to start, check out our recent investigative series Project Mind Control. |
| 0:17.1 | It uncovers a chilling chapter in history, examining the disturbing experiments carried out on vulnerable people in an attempt to erase and reprogram the human mind. |
| 0:27.1 | Featuring testimony from one of the last known survivors of a notorious Canadian psychiatric institution, it's a powerful story that's as shocking as it is important. |
| 0:37.0 | Check out the show and more at alwaystruecrime.com. |
| 0:42.9 | Hello and welcome to episode 320 of the UK True Crime podcast. |
| 0:48.1 | I'm Adam. |
| 0:49.1 | Thank you so much for joining me for this episode today. |
| 0:52.4 | So are you enjoying the World Cup so far? Of course, as a |
| 0:56.5 | supporter of the Mighty League United, I'm used to champagne football week in, week out, but not |
| 1:02.8 | everyone who aspires to be a professional footballer can live the life of a multi-millionaire, top player. |
| 1:10.3 | But before we get into it, let's set some context for today's story |
| 1:14.2 | with our guest a month and year game. |
| 1:16.4 | You ready? |
| 1:17.7 | Top of the UK music charts was burned from Ellie Golding. |
| 1:20.9 | In the US, it was blurred lines from Robin Thick somehow in the top spot. |
| 1:26.7 | And in Australia, the top album this month was pink with |
| 1:30.0 | the truth about love. In the news this month, one person was killed and four were injured |
| 1:35.8 | in a hot air balloon crash in Switzerland. Is that something that appeals to you? No, nor me. In cinema, |
| 1:48.5 | 12 years of slave premiered this month. A helicopter crashed in the Shetland Isles, resulting in four fatalities among the oil rig workers being carried. |
| 1:55.9 | And with apologies if you are eating, it was reported that sewage workers from Thames Water removed a 15-ton bus-sized |
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