Paul Pogba’s older brother, the former Manchester United midfielder, has been sentenced to three years in prison, with two years suspended, after being convicted of trying to defraud the French footballer.
Mathias Pogba, who was also fined €20,000 (£16,500), will avoid jail and will instead spend a year wearing an electronic bracelet.
Five other men were found guilty of robbery and other crimes, and received sentences of between four and eight years in a Paris court on Thursday.
Paul Pogba, 31, said he was “tricked by his childhood friends” who held him at gunpoint in 2022 and demanded €13m (£10.8m). He said he paid them €100,000 (£82,600).
Mathias Pogba’s lawyer Mbeko Tabula told RMC Sport that the sentence was “very harsh” and said “I think we will appeal the case”.
The other five defendants were given the following sentences: Roushdane K received eight years, Boubacar C four years, two suspended, Adamu C five years, Mamadou M five years, 12 months suspended, and Machikour K four years, three suspended.
Last year, Paul Pogba told Al Jazeera that he had he considered retiring from football because of the attempted fraud.
“If there is money, you have to be careful,” he said. “Money changes people. It can break up a family. It can cause war”.
Former professional footballer Mathias Pogba played for clubs including Partick Thistle, Wrexham, Crewe Alexandra and Crawley Town. His last team was Belfort of France, which he left in 2022.
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