Former hurling All-Star DJ Carey is in jail.
On the strength of the evidence about how he stung so many people for so much money by pretending he had cancer, he is in the right place.
Friday’s courtroom atmosphere changed about halfway through this jaw-dropping account of DJ Carey’s thriving career as a swindler.
The list of people he duped into giving him money was a long one – unlike the story he concocted to loosen their wallets.
It was simple: a nationally revered sporting great is seriously ill with cancer and attending a hospital in America for treatment. It’s expensive and he is in a bit of a financial bind for one reason or another and needs a short-term dig out to continue this life-giving care.
Of course, people wanted to help DJ.
And he cynically manipulated them and took their money.
Shameless and never in Seattle.
As prosecution lawyer Dominic McGinn slowly untangled the web of deception spun over nine years by the former All-Star Kilkenny hurler, the extent of his enterprise and sheer brazenness in conducting it was breathtaking.
Carey’s ability to embellish his sob story with touching little details to extract the maximum return from his good-hearted benefactors was striking.
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