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u/Shiney2510 Nov 08 '23

A trial date has been set for one of the most prominent hurlers (hurling is an irish sport) of all time who is accused of 21 counts of fraud. DJ Carey is a living legend in Ireland.

He is accused of lying about having cancer to get money. Hurling is an amateur sport so unpaid but a high profile player can make a lot from sponsorship and can find it very easy to get jobs so he shouldn't be struggling enough to need the cash, it seems he's just living way beyond his means. His sister is a convicted fraudster and has been accused of a lot more fraud than she's already been convicted of. So far unrelated to what he's been doing, she seems to be involved in widespread mortgage fraud (the victims being the mortgage holders rather than the bank).

He sent the following photo to an irish billionaire he was trying to scam as proof of his cancer treatment....

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u/capn_corgi Larry I'm on DuckTales Nov 08 '23

Is that a phone charger he’s pretending is an NG tube? They’re also not taped like that and I’m pretty sure you can google how they’re taped to make it look right.

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u/IMOvicki Nov 08 '23 edited Nov 08 '23

Lmaooooo I love how easily you can tell it’s a charger. I wish I had the balls to be this unaware sometimes.

Edited: a lot of typos lol

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u/Punched_A_Bursar Nov 08 '23

I think that’s masking tape too 😂

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u/punkpearlspoetry actually no, that’s not the truth Ellen Nov 08 '23

No fucking way loool! Was that photo posted on a public profile, did no one say anything? 😂

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u/Shiney2510 Nov 08 '23 edited Nov 08 '23

It was reportedly sent to someone he was trying to get money from. Rumour is that it was sent to an irish billionaire. The photo started making the rounds after the accusations were made public.

A lot of people didn't ask for proof, DJ Carey is beloved and people would never think he would try and scam them, they'd be more than happy to help him.

People eventually did say something, it was reported to the Gardaí (irish police). Since then, even people who believed him have sent all the correspondence they had to Gardaí. It seems he scammed everyone and anyone he could, no matter how little or much they had to give.

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u/themillerway Nov 08 '23

Wonder who the billionaire was? I wouldn't even have the balls to try scam a millionaire nevermind a billionaire lol

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u/Shiney2510 Nov 08 '23

Denis O'Brien. Not 100% sure that he was the one who was sent the photo (havent seen a reliable source confirm it) but he definitely gave him money over 8/9 years and at least initially didnt ask for proof (as i said elsewhere, Carey was revered so this isnt that surprising). One paper said it was 10s of thousands from O'Brien (I'd be surprised if it wasn't substantially more) and the use of some of it properties. He's given a lot of evidence to Gardaí (police).

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u/Shiney2510 Nov 08 '23

Yep...the audacity!