Nigerian, Premier League Star Zaha Involve In Alleged Rental Scam

Crystal Palace star forward Wilfried Zaha and an England-based Nigerian Obinna Ogbonna are involved in an alleged rental scam, The Sun reports.

Zaha was involved in a business which appears to have illegally sub-let flats — leaving tenants to face eviction.

Sources close to the 29-year-old , say he was unaware.

Fellow ZO Properties director Ogbonna allegedly got Zaha involved.

The suspected scam involves at least seven flats leased by ZO in a block in Maida Vale, West London.

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The business sub-let the properties without consent, collected rent but allegedly did not pass it on to the owners.

Sophie Howkins, 29, and flatmate Christie Stevens, 28, have been told to leave despite paying £20,000 to ZO since January.

Accounts manager Sophie said: “ZO have all of our money and I have been told by the people who actually own the flat that the money hasn’t been passed on to them. I can’t sleep. We have no idea who to turn to.”

Zaha, who played in the 1-0 defeat at Man United yesterday, resigned as a ZO director about 16 weeks ago.

His spokesman said the star was urgently investigating. A notice to dissolve ZO was issued in October.

Representatives for co-director Ogbonna are also looking into the matter.

Colombia Group, which manages the rentals for owner Luiz Properties, said: “We’d expect a group letting like this to be for a company to put up staff but that hasn’t been the case.

“They have been sub-let and we need to work on this.“

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