DJ Carey gets five-and-a-half-year sentence for dishonestly inducing payments

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DJ Carey was sentenced to five and a half years in prison. Judge Martin Nolan imposed concurrent terms of five and a half years, four years and 18 months, making five and a half years the effective total.

Carey pleaded guilty to 10 charges of dishonestly inducing people to pay him money. Eight similar offences and two charges involving fake Seattle hospital letters were taken into consideration. The court heard 22 people were defrauded of almost €400,000, of which just over €44,000 was repaid.