'I will, yeah' — Young Corkman tells judge he will continue with probation

The accused admitted being paid €100 for almost €10,000 to land in his account from ‘smishing’ fraud offences reported by AIB

The court heard that customers of AIB were being sent text messages with a website link in the text. The customer would click on the link and be brought to what appeared to be the AIB website and asked to sign in....thus inadvertently giving over control of their accounts to unknown persons. File photo: Sion Touhig/Getty Images

A District Court Judge reminded a young man who sounded reluctant to continue under the direction of the probation service that in Cork saying “I will, yeah” often meant the opposite.

21-year-old Ange Munene of Castlepark, Ballincollig, County Cork, faced sentencing on Thursday for money-laundering. His solicitor, Michael Quinlan, said it was a largely favourable probation report.