"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."
"Saying he thought jail was "inevitable", Judge Martin Nolan remanded Carey in custody on Friday until this morning, when he will pass sentence. He said Carey's victims should not feel foolish for trying to help him as they were "genuinely good people" who had responded generously in what they thought was Carey's "hour of need." Carey admitted 10 counts of dishonestly by deception inducing 13 victims to make monetary payment to him after he fraudulently claimed to have cancer and needed finances to obtain treatment."
Carey fabricated a story claiming he needed money for treatment in the US and deceived friends, including Denis O'Brien, into giving more than €130,000. He maintained he was in a desperate financial situation because of bank debts, produced fake hospital letters, displayed scars, and promised repayment from a supposed medical negligence payout. Carey admitted 10 counts of dishonesty by deception, inducing 13 victims to make payments between 2014 and 2022. Judge Martin Nolan remanded Carey to custody, noting he thought jail was inevitable and that victims were genuinely good people who had responded generously in what they believed was Carey’s hour of need.
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