Overview
- Carey pleaded guilty in July to 10 counts of dishonestly inducing payments between 2014 and 2022, with eight similar counts and two false‑instrument charges to be taken into consideration.
- Court records state €394,127 and $13,000 were obtained, just over €44,000 has been repaid, and roughly €349,000 remains outstanding.
- Gardaí began their probe in 2022 after a bank alert, securing financial records, passport and Homeland Security checks, and hospital confirmations, as well as phone notes containing a draft 2016 letter.
- Victim impact statements were heard from acquaintances, family members and well‑known figures, including businessman Denis O’Brien, who described feeling completely duped.
- There is no record of Carey ever having cancer or receiving treatment abroad, and he has been in custody since Friday ahead of sentencing at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.