Samantha Cookes
Samantha Jade Cookes, (born 1988 in Gloucestershire[1]), also known as Carrie Jade Williams,[2] Jade O'Sullivan[3] and Jade Cooke,[4] is a serial fraudster convicted in England in 2011,[5] and Ireland in 2025,[6] of fraud, deception, and theft.[7][8] She has been the subject of an episode of Swindled and a 4-episode RTÉ Radio podcast, entitled "The Real Carrie Jade".[9][10] As a writer, she won a UK£1,000 composition prize from Financial Times/Bodley Head,[11][2] and a €36,200 grant from the Arts Council or Ireland.[4][12]
She moved to Ireland in 2013,[13] working as a writer, and an au pair.[11][2]
The Real Carrie Jade
In 2024, The RTÉ Radio Player produced a 4-episode podcast series, narrated by Justine Stafford about its interactions with and investigations of Cookes.[14][15] Cookes, who had contacted RTÉ, through its documentary department and Liveline,[16][17] participated in recordings, claiming to be a disability advocate, as a self-processed sufferer of Huntington's disease. The series investigates these and other claims made by Cookes, and the money she fraudulently received from donors.[8][15]
References
- ↑ Denkinson, Katherine (9 December 2022). "'Made My Blood Run Cold': Unmasking a TikTok Creator Who Doesn't Really Exist". Vice.com.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "The Indo Daily Revisited: Confronted – Serial fraudster 'Carrie Jade Williams' working as au pair in Kildare". Irish Independent. 7 July 2024.
- ↑ Lucey, Anne (25 September 2024). "Alleged fraudster Samantha Cookes willing to be deported if it saves the State money, court told". Irish Examiner.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Tighe, Mark (7 March 2025). "Arts Council gave €36k in grants to serial fraudster Samantha Cookes using fake name". SundayWorld.com.
- ↑ "Phoney surrogate mother avoids jail". Daily Telegraph. 2011-10-27. p. 2. EBSCOhost 8Q253104773 – via EBSCOHOST.
- ↑ "Convicted fraudster Samantha Cookes jailed for three years at Tralee court". RadioKerry.ie. 5 March 2025.
- ↑ Kelleher, Sinead (11 February 2025). "Fraudster Samantha Jade Cookes pleads guilty to €60k theft from state after making up illness". Irish Independent.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Joyce, Anna (28 June 2024). "What happens to the victims of con artists like Carrie Jade?". RTÉ.ie. Retrieved 2025-03-07.
- ↑ "Bonus 38: The Vacation Rental". Swindled. Retrieved 2025-03-07.
- ↑ "Woman in fraud case falsely claimed she had rare disease". RTÉ News. 19 February 2025.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Bruce, Helen (6 March 2025). "Carrie Jade: The conwoman with almost as many aliases as lies". Extra.ie.
- ↑ Kelly, Hannah (13 July 2024). "Serial Fraudster Samantha Cookes Has Been Arrested With Almost €60k Social Welfare Fraud". Retrieved 2025-03-07.
- ↑ Sheehy, Paschal (8 March 2025). "Number of remarkable features to Samantha Cookes case". RTE.ie.ie.
- ↑ "The Real Carrie Jade". Doc on One. 2025-01-23. Retrieved 2025-03-07.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 "The Real Carrie Jade: RTÉ's gripping podcast about the pathological liar Samantha Cookes is hard to turn away from". The Irish Times.
- ↑ Stafford, Justine (2024). "The Real Carrie Jade" (Podcast). The Real Carrie Jade. RTÉ Radio Player.
- ↑ Duffy, Joe (2025-03-06). 6 March 2025 (Radio broadcast). Liveline. RTÉ Radio 1.
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