DJ Carey to be sentenced today for multiple fraud offences after court heard he swindled €400,000 from victims

Disgraced former hurler DJ Carey is facing prison today as he is to be sentenced for conning people out of nearly €400,000 by pretending he had cancer.

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”,

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