Former hurler DJ Carey sentenced to over five years after faking cancer to con money out of people

by Sad-Orange-5983

49 comments

  2. He deserves jail time but I still find it ridiculous that in this country, financial crime gets such harsh sentences compared to violent assaults.

  4. Does anyone have any details on if the victims were paid back?

  6. Will this finally end the shitty unimaginative boring jokes I see all the time on this sub re, variants of: “but judge he played county”? I doubt it. 

  9. A reprehensible crime it was, and I hope he learns lessons he certainly wasn’t taught growing up.

  11. Wonder what happened in that Family that him and his sister ended up in some much bother

  13. But I thought there was no consequences for people who played GAA?

  14. ![gif](giphy|TgFjctg9Y12728LTZs)

    Dude just copied Charlie from it’s always sunny in Philadelphia lol

  15. the thing with fraudsters is they never actually stop, they just come up with new schemes and in prison, they learn new ways

  17. Does anyone know the story with his parents? Like, how did they generate two of the biggest scammers in the country? Something must have been up with that family.

  18. this feels like a personal victory to me knowing all the stupid cunts I know who used to think he could do no wrong

  20. I dare say his fame ended up working against him here. His crimes were so infamous they want to make an example out of him, hence the sentence.

  22. 5 years? From judge Nolan,
    Fucking hell Nolan must really hate kilkenny battering wexford all those years

  23. Regardless of when he gets released, he’ll forever have the embarrassment of being known as the one who stuck an iPhone charger up his nose.

  25. Genuinely surprised at that sentence. But no way will he do it all. And what he does do, will likely be in some soft, cushy place.

  26. Apparently he had different begging letters tailored to different groups of people, which varied in accordance to how much money DJ thought they were good for. My brother got one of the ones intended for people who’d have substantial sums at their disposal. My brother was bemused at that, he’s a freelancer, doing quite well, but only ever one job away from the poorhouse. It just goes to show the massive disconnect between perception and reality.

  27. So the ‘he was a promising hurler’ criminal defence isn’t always watertight.

  28. Forgot to apply the GAA discount coupon code. 

  30. Be a lot worse than an ipad charger shoved up his nose for the next 5 years

  32. Now comes the 500 character references: Ah he’s a sound lad really, he didn’t mean it. Great player too.

  33. Now that he has been sentenced and on his way to prison it must be a weight off his mind in many ways. His financial struggles are over for a while at least and he doesn’t have to worry about being homeless. He has fallen as far as he can in Irish society and will be forever remembered as a con man.

  35. What’s the story with returning the money. Will the victims get any more back off him? I know it says 44k was returned but what about the rest.

  37. That charity money was only *Resting* in his account…

  39. He’ll be out in 18 months with a podcast and an autobiography.

  45. It’s all so disappointing

    I’m a big hurling fan and always respected DJ massively even though I’m not from Kilkenny

    The man could have easily used his name to make money. Opened up a hurling academy or multiple academies and so much more

    He’ll be out early but he got what he deserved

  46. Is this the first time a Martin Nolan judgement has received a positive response on this sub? 🤔

  47. His parents must be just as bad if the siblings are also horrible humans.

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