Overview
- Carey pleaded guilty in July to 10 deception counts involving 13 named victims between 2014 and 2022, with further charges to be taken into consideration.
- Prosecutors say he obtained €394,127 plus $13,000, and about €44,000 has been repaid, leaving substantial losses outstanding.
- Gardaí launched the probe after a financial-institution alert and recovered texts, bank records and other data that undermined claims of treatment in the US.
- The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center reported no record of Carey as a patient, and he told investigators he invented the illness to buy time on significant bank debts.
- Victim impact statements included Denis O’Brien’s account of repeated requests for money, while the defence cited serious heart issues and a psychological report ahead of sentencing.