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The Explainer
The Explainer
4 Nov 2025
How did DJ Carey become a fraudster?
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The Journal's News Correspondent Eimer McAuley and Gaelic games writer with The 42 Declan Bogue join us to look at the rise and fall of iconic hurler DJ Carey. The sporting star was sentenced for a series of long-running frauds amounting to almost €400,000. He conned friends, fans, and even businessman Denis O'Brien using a fake cancer story and forged medical documents to maintain the deception. How did he do it, and how did he get away with it for so long?