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Author says Carey 'preyed on the weak and the dying' | Total fraud 'could be €2м..even he probably doesn't know'

- BY GARRY DOYLE

THE author of a new book on disgraced hurler DJ Carey has claimed the convicted fraudster "probably doesn't even know how much he took" and believes the real total could be close to €2 million.

Eimear Ní Bhraonáin, whose book The Dodger was released this week, says there are "more victims beyond those mentioned in court" and that many are still coming forward.

"I know these people," she said. "The total figure in court was around €400,000, but that's only what was proven. He made small efforts to pay some of that back, but the true figure is higher.

"I would say DJ Carey probably does not even know how much he took.

I would say €2 million is not wide off the mark." Ní Bhraonáin said that since the publication of her book, new people have contacted her admitting they also gave money to the former Kilkenny star, who falsely claimed to be terminally ill.

"Every time I spoke to someone who had their reasons for not going public about their donations, I asked, 'How much did you give him? Show me.' And every figure I got, I added up," she said.