"On Friday afternoon, Judge Nolan warned the five-time All-Ireland winner that a custodial sentence is "inevitable" after hearing evidence of how he conned people out of nearly €400,000 by pretending he needed money for cancer treatment. Before the hearing finished, Judge Nolan asked prosecution barrister Dominic McGinn SC what is the maximum sentence that can be imposed. Mr McGinn said that deception carries a maximum prison term of up to five years."
"Carey made up "a story" that he needed money for treatment in the US and tricked friends including billionaire businessman Denis O'Brien, who said he was "completely duped" into giving him more than €130,000. The ex Kilkenny player maintained he was in a "desperate" financial situation due to bank debts when he carried out the fraud. He made fake hospital letters, showed victims scars on his head and lied that he could pay them back from a payout from a supposed medical negligence claim."
The sentencing of former Kilkenny hurler DJ Carey began before Judge Martin Nolan in the Criminal Courts of Justice. Judge Nolan warned a custodial sentence was inevitable after evidence showed Carey conned people out of nearly €400,000 by falsely claiming he needed money for cancer treatment. Prosecutors said deception carries a maximum prison term of five years. Carey was remanded in custody at Cloverhill Prison. Carey admitted 10 counts of dishonesty by deception, inducing 13 victims to make payments between 2014 and 2022. Carey fabricated hospital letters, showed fake scars, and falsely promised repayment from an alleged medical negligence payout.
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