Catriona Carey is an Irish former international hockey player and

camogie Camogie ( ; ) is an Irish stick-and-ball team sport played by women. Camogie is played by 100,000 women in Ireland and worldwide, largely among Irish communities. A variant of the game "hurling" (which is played by men only), it is organised ...

player. Convicted of tax offences in 2008 and of theft and fraud in 2020, in early 2022, ''

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'' reported that Carey was connected to fraudulent business practices.

Sport

From

Gowran Gowran (; ) is a town on the eastern side of County Kilkenny, Ireland. The historic St. Mary's Collegiate Church is in the centre of Gowran, close to Gowran Castle. Gowran Park race course and Golf Course are one kilometre from the centre of ...

in County Kilkenny, Carey is the sister of hurler

D. J. Carey Denis Joseph Carey (born 11 November 1970) is an Irish former hurler who played as a left wing-forward at senior level for the Kilkenny county team. Carey began his hurling career at club level with Young Irelands. He broke onto the club's t ...

. As a

player, Carey was a member of the

Clara GAA Clara GAA () is a Gaelic Athletic Association club situated in the small parish of Clara in County Kilkenny, Ireland. Focused mainly on hurling and camogie, the dominant sports in the county, Clara's greatest achievements to date are victorie ...

team that won the

Féile na nGael Féile na nGael (; Irish for "Festival of the Gaels") is an annual tournament comprising the sports of hurling, camogie and handball organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association. Its stated aim is to bond communities, forge friendships, prov ...

Camogie Division 1 competition in 1992. She later went on to play for the Kilkenny camogie team. Also playing

field hockey Field hockey (or simply referred to as hockey in some countries where ice hockey is not popular) is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with 11 players in total, made up of 10 field players and a goalk ...

, she earned 72 caps for the

Ireland women's national field hockey team The Ireland women's national field hockey team is organised by Hockey Ireland and represents both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland in international women's field hockey competitions, including the Women's Hockey World Cup and the W ...

, including at the 2005 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship in Dublin. She retired from international competition in 2006, after the 2006 Women's Intercontinental Cup, though continued to play club hockey for Hermes Ladies' Hockey Club. She reportedly rejoined the Irish squad in 2008.

Financial activities

Trained as an accountant, she worked with her brother's cleaning company. In 2008, while at the company, Carey was fined €1,500 after pleading guilty to knowingly producing an incorrect invoice to the

Revenue Commissioners The Revenue Commissioners (), commonly called Revenue, is the Irish Government agency responsible for customs, excise, taxation and related matters. Though Revenue can trace itself back to predecessors (with the Act of Union 1800 amalgamating ...

in connection with

VAT A value-added tax (VAT or goods and services tax (GST), general consumption tax (GCT)) is a consumption tax that is levied on the value added at each stage of a product's production and distribution. VAT is similar to, and is often compared wi ...

. She was also found guilty of furnishing incorrect information to Revenue in 2006, and claiming a repayment of VAT to which she was not entitled. She resigned within six months of the court hearing. After her departure from the firm, alleged "financial irregularities" were the subject of review by auditors and an investigation by the

Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation The Garda National Economic Crime Bureau (GNECB; formerly Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation/GBFI) – informally known as the ''Fraud Squad'' – is a specialised division of Ireland's national police force, the Garda Síochána, that investig ...

. As of 2012, these investigations had "not led to any prosecutions". In 2020, Catriona Carey was convicted of fraud and theft, after forging a cheque to make it payable to her, rather than the payee intended by the business that hired her as an accountant. In February 2022, ''

'' reported that she was connected to fraudulent business practices. The RTÉ report referred to an "elaborate scam" and noted that the Gardaí had received several complaints about Carey and her company, Careysfort Asset Estates. An article in the ''

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'', which described Carey as a "convicted swindler", suggested that the

Garda National Economic Crime Bureau The Garda National Economic Crime Bureau (GNECB; formerly Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation/GBFI) – informally known as the ''Fraud Squad'' – is a specialised division of Ireland's national police force, the Garda Síochána, that investig ...

(GNECB) had received at least 30 such complaints by late February 2022. The GNECB subsequently seized her car and searched her home as part of an investigation into alleged fraud. In mid-2022, Carey was given a suspended prison sentence and a four-year driving ban for driving without a licence or insurance while disqualified from driving. She was also sued by

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for reputed outstanding debts and, after "defaulting on her mortgage payments for nearly 10 years", Carey's own home was repossessed in November 2022. In late 2022, a bench warrant was issued for the arrest of the former secretary of Carey's company, Careysfort Asset Estates. Carey herself was arrested in early 2023 as part of an investigation by the Corporate Enforcement Authority (separate from the parallel GNECB investigation). She was arrested again, as part of the GNECB investigation, on 18 April 2023. After a "lengthy investigation" by the GNECB, a file on Carey's "alleged fraudulent activities" was sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions in March 2024. In December 2024, she was arrested and charged with three offences under the Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Act 2010. A number of finance companies, associated with Carey, were "listed to be struck off" by the Companies Registration Office during 2024. The

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had previously (in 2022) issued a public warning about her companies. During the week ending 7 February 2024, Carey appeared in court twice. Firstly, on Tuesday 4 February 2025, she faced 46 charges (arising from the Garda and Corporate Enforcement Authority investigation) on breaching company law. Later that week, on Friday 7 February 2025, Carey faced multiple charges (arising from the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau investigation) for money laundering.

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