RTE Investigates [RTE 1]

Surely there’s a lot of questions to be asked of the person (barrister) who introduced all these people to Carey..

Were they in on it too? Were they naive enough to be conned too? You’d think a barrister would know that what she was offering was too good to be true and/or illegal?

Edit: just read back over the thread; some great digging in there. I’d still suspect there’s another intermediary involved in there with some insider knowledge that gets the distressed owners from Start to Carey. This Freeman lawyer one doesn’t seem like the brains of the operation, somehow.

A statement on Catriona Carey and Careysfort Asset Estate Ltd

My initial thoughts were not to say anything. I had the belief that all who know me know that I would never be involved in a scam and the least said was the best option. I didn’t see the benefit to giving the keyboard warriors an open goal. 

But when your profile picture is shared on social media with the word “scum” under it and your children see comments about their mother, then the gloves come off and a statement is made. 

Many moons ago I became involved with lay litigants who were in trouble with the banks. My job was to help. So I helped. I did everything I could to help people who were in trouble. 

Through work contacts I met Catriona Carey in 2019 and she claimed she had an offering to give a second chance to people in last chance saloon. I don’t think I need to elaborate as the whole country saw the human tragedy this woman has caused.

The scam was elaborate and polished. It was done many times before I now believe. None of us know it when we were looking at her contracts as very little was on Google. Weirdly there was no reference to a previous conviction. There was a reference to the bro DJ but when Catriona quickly goes and sets up a rival company with her Mam and sister then one can jump to the conclusion that the family backed her so she must be innocent in her dispute with DJ. Hindsight is wonderful!

So Catriona Carey presented a limited company called Careysfort Asset Estates Ltd, run by an accountant and taxation consultant, reputable firm of solicitors on record and their contact details freely given. I introduced some people to her. They spoke to Catriona. Her approach was always laid back. “Have a look at the contract and see what you think” said with a smile. She answered each and every question she was asked. 

Clause 17 of this contract states that the potential client should do due diligence and have the contracts checked by the solicitor. Most did. If it wasn’t their solicitor they brought in their accountant or in some cases their financial adviser. Every question was answered by her in writing. A deposit was required and initially that was cash. Thankfully I keep all communication and in a number of them I state that I was not happy with Catriona asking my client for a cash deposit. Catriona Carey produced the relevant invoice/receipt for all cash deposits. She assured clients that all deposits were covered in her contract with them and the contract acknowledges every cent of every deposit. It also states that the deposit is refundable. After a while Careysfort Asset Estates takes the deposit by bank transfer. 

All seemed ok in 2019/20. Covid gave her and her business partner (I can’t name him as this is under investigation) an excuse to not produce contracts. I was told by someone in 2020 that he had 15 missed appointments with Catriona Carey and her “solicitor”. At this stage they had a “new solicitor” and this guy was in-house. 

I was so convinced I paid them myself to sort out a better mortgage! They took my money like everyone else’s. I also paid Ms Careys business partner to get me signature analysis reports and that didn’t happen either. Again they took my money!

On August 6th 2021 I got a written authority from the people I introduced and I issued an ultimatum to Careysfort Asset Estates stating they had 7 days to execute the contract or else rescind. In other words sign or cough up! Within an hour I got threatening messages from Ms Carey’s business partner and her “solicitor”. The contents were disgraceful and later that day she told me that she would no longer have any communication with me and would deal directly with the people who had paid deposits to her. Some were happy to do this and give her the time she said she needed to complete the buy out of their loans. 

I was very upset and frightened when I received a whatsapp message accompanied by a picture taken outside my house telling me they knew where I lived! All this was because I had issued an ultimatum to Catriona Carey and Careysfort Asset Estates to complete the work they had started. 

I first went to the Guards in Aug 2021 and started talking to RTE investigates in November. Everyone one else has too. Last week, just two days before the airing of the expose I got a phone call from one of Ms Carey’s associates. I was told to get the expose stopped and suffice to say there was a pleasant threat that involved the Kinnehans. I cannot repeat my response but it did have “off” at the end. 

It is a horrible feeling when you see your picture on social media with the word “scum”. I will state emphatically I am not involved in this scam, I had no knowledge it was a scam. I was never a director or employee of Careysfort Asset Estates and I too am a victim of it. The only problem is that everywhere I turn I’m being annihilated. Facebook, twitter, anonymous texts, whatsapps, phone calls during the night etc etc. 

It’s a sickening shocking feeling to read the words that some people write about you, especially when you have gone out of your way to help those very same people. There is no regard for your feelings or your vulnerability. Is it ok to treat people like **** and reduce them to tears? There are no thoughts for families and the people who get upset. And what is completely incredible is that there is no regard for the truth. Once you have the keyboard you can say what the hell you want. It stops now because I am not having my life and that of my families ruined because of false allegations. 

One other thing I need to say…..there is a second company Ms Carey has called Watershed Ltd, myself and my then business partner were directors for a while but resigned and I have not been a director since January 2 2021. Feel free to check out solocheck.ie to confirm this. To correct another tweet I saw, I was not and never have been a director of any UK company with Ms Carey.

Sorry for the long statement but it has to be said because this social media assault was getting out of hand and becoming bloody dangerous. Some of the screenshots I have seen have kept me awake and made me fear for my safety.  Given the nature of this I am not making further comments. Thank you.

She’s up to her eyeballs in the scam and the woe is me I’m vulnerable and fearing for my life is sickening. All publicly available info on these companies shows a wicked web of deceitful people all interconnected

Don’t forget, she is named on court papers served last year by one of the people that was on RTÉ investigates.

I’m definitely not Ciara 😂