All-Star hurler DJ Carey's €415,000 cancer fraud, Texas trips, and the Croke Park conundrum
DJ Carey was hailed as the 'GAA's first superstar', a nine‑time All‑Star and twice Hurler of the Year. But behind the accolades, a deception played out across continents.
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The former Kilkenny Hurler plead guilty to 10 counts of deception after an alleged cancer diagnosis helped him extract over €400,000Irish billionaire businessman Denis O'Brien is one of the people he has pleaded guilty to defrauding DJ Carey was hailed as the 'GAA's first superstar', a nine‑time All‑Star and twice Hurler of the Year. But behind the accolades, a deception played out across continents.
