Serial con-artist Samantha Cooke duped Kildare family

A serial fraudster was employed by a family in Kildare as a live in au pair after being outed on a hit podcast and in a series of newspaper articles as a conwoman.
Samantha Cooke managed to reinvent herself as child care worker Sadie Harris and lived for six months with the family while her real identity faced the eye of a publicity storm about a series of cons across Ireland.
Nicola speaks to journalist Mark Tighe of the Sunday Independent about the extraordinary story of a woman who keeps changing her name, look and background and who is currently gone dark somewhere in Ireland.
He tells her about her latest scam which terrified a young mother returning to work and about her colourful background as an artist, a writer and even a psychotherapist.
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[@polly6336]

God she's living in a fantasy world. Thank God she didn't harm anyone, particularly any children or other vulnerable people. Thanks Nicola and team.

[@julieodonnell8433]

The Hand that rocks the cradle! 😮

[@I.S.R.M]

Why did Martin Scullion get an Autopsy 6 hours after being made to Die in a Dublin Garda Station last summer?

[@A.Gardener]

Good question.

[@neilredmond8296]

So basically she is a social worker.

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Nicola talentless 😂wouldn’t believe her watch