{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/61d5be008150ae0014bc3671/6981de3b7455a33159cc5a80?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"A decade of deception catches up with Catherine O'Brien - with Ann Murphy  ","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61d5be008150ae0014bc3671/1770118668569-3ca952ab-6512-45fd-a935-00438a087549.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Last month in a&nbsp;Waterford&nbsp;courtroom, the past finally caught up with Catherine O’Brien.</p><p><br></p><p>The&nbsp;Buttevant&nbsp;woman,&nbsp;who’s&nbsp;been the subject of Irish Examiner investigations for&nbsp;a number of&nbsp;years,&nbsp;including the podcast series Catherine the Fake, was sentenced to&nbsp;25 months&nbsp;in prison for fraud.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>But this is not the end of this story – as Ann Murphy reports,&nbsp;a judgment against O’Brien ordering her to repay&nbsp;€300,000 to the estate of a woman, now dead, who had loaned her the money&nbsp;on the basis of&nbsp;their friendship is now back in the frame.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>Ann Murphy is the guest on the podcast today.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/courtandcrime/arid-41776175.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Fraudster Catherine O’Brien failed to repay money to estate of elderly woman she scammed of €250,000</a>&nbsp;</p><p><a href=\"https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/courtandcrime/arid-41775848.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Fraudster Catherine O’Brien sentenced for scamming elderly man out of €22k over fake horse</a>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>","author_name":"Irish Examiner"}