Courts 'impatient' with young people laundering criminal funds

19-year-old Zach Phelan went on a €9,000 shopping spree after just over €36,000 of stolen money was sent to his account.

The criminal courts are getting “impatient” with young people who think they can use their bank accounts to launder criminal funds for easy money, a Circuit Court judge has said.

Judge Martin Nolan was speaking in the case of 19-year-old Zach Phelan, who went on a €9,000 shopping spree after just over €36,000 of stolen money was sent to his account.