Up to 100 people are believed to have been hit for cash by a GAA legend's alleged cruel cancer scam, we can reveal.
Many were prominent names within the Gaelic football and hurling world who knew the sports star on the celebrity charity golf and speaking circuit, along with some of their personal friends. It's believed he was still making begging phone calls up until four weeks ago even though gardai had begun a major probe into the scandal.
The sports star alleged to have claimed he was suffering from cancer. It is understood the alleged cancer fraud had been going on for up to eight years. Many people with the kind of cancer he allegedly had die within a year.
