A Premier League footballer has allegedly been swindled out of more than £800,000 - as police launch a manhunt for his accused fraudster.
Maurice Gomes, 31, is said to have taken money out of the Coutts account of Tottenham midfielder Yves Bissouma, 29, during a 21-month campaign of scamming.
He is alleged to have 'dishonestly' transferred Bissouma's cash to himself without the Premier League star's 'knowledge or consent' between September 2022 and June 2024.
Prosecutor Rivka Shabtay said Gomes was behind the illicit bank transfers totalling £834,334.40 'to make a personal gain'.