Celebrity football catfisher 'cons ANOTHER victim' after prison release

Convicted football fraudster Medi Abalimba has been accused of trying to steal money from an American nurse he allegedly wooed by pretending he played for Chelsea - just months after he was released from prison, MailOnline can reveal today.

The whereabouts of Abalimba, 34, had been unknown since an ITV documentary aired last November about the fraudster who conned Love Island's Georgia Steel and Thierry Henry's ex-wife out of tens of thousands of pounds.

Abalimba was jailed for four years in 2014 after impersonating ex Chelsea footballer Gael Kakuta to fund a flash lifestyle.

He was then jailed again in 2021 for four years and two months after he admitted 15 counts of fraud in which he plundered the bank accounts of model Chloe Henry after claiming to be a US Navy Seal in a £160,000 scam.

The Ministry of Justice confirmed to MailOnline Abalimba is no longer in custody.

But MailOnline can reveal it has been alleged he has been hanging around the £400-a-night Marriott hotel in swanky Mayfair in a £190,000 Mercedes-Benz G-Class.

Last month he was snapped in Malaga, southern Spain, where it is claimed he tried to steal more than $1,000 from Zhane Wright's credit card, an ordeal that left the nurse feeling terrified.

The 29-year-old believed his name was 'Gyle' but became spooked when she uncovered his true identity after she found a picture of his passport at the four-star hotel Anahita Boutique where they had been staying.

Miss Wright exclusively told MailOnline she got an alert on her phone hours earlier that an attempt had been made to take $1,318.68 from her credit card. A total of $445.06 was withdrawn from her bank account. Abalimba was not in the room at the time and she fears he is to blame for the attempted raid on her