アイルランドの元ハーリング選手で「ハーリング界のマラドーナ」と称されたD・J・ケリー氏（54歳）が、がん治療を装ってファンから多額の寄付金を詐取した事件において、実刑判決が下された。
Former Irish hurling player DJ Kelly 54, who was called the Maradona of the hurling world, has been sentenced to prison for defrauding fans of large sums of money by pretending to be undergoing cancer treatment.
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According to a report by the UK’s Daily Mail on the 3rd, Kelly sent the victims doctored photos in which he inserted an iPhone charging cable into his nose to make it look like he was using medical oxygen equipment, thereby convincing them that he was a cancer patient.
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As a result, he collected approximately 69 million yen under the pretense of cancer treatment expenses, and was sentenced to five years and six months in prison for embezzling that money.
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It was also revealed that Mr. Kelly further claimed to have suffered excessive radiation exposure during treatment at the hospital in an attempt to obtain additional money, and that he was suing the medical institution HSE, expecting to soon receive more than one million euros approximately 176 million yen in compensation.
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The incident came to light when a financial institution became suspicious about an elderly customer attempting to transfer a large sum of money to Mr. Kelly and reported it to the authorities.
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Judge Martin Nolan, who presided over the case, harshly pointed out, The defendant has become the object of societys hatred and ridicule, and his honor will never be restored.
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Mr. Kelly was a star player for the Kilkenny hurling team from the 1990s to the early 2000s and is highly regarded in the Irish sports world, having won the All-Ireland Championship five times and received nine All-Star awards.
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However, twenty years after his retirement, the downfall of the person once called the idol of young athletes and the legend of hurling came as a great shock to the entire nation.
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