Judge 'getting fed up' with money mule offenders pleading they were 'young and stupid' at the time

The comments were made in a case involving over €20,000 in funds stolen from an elderly couple from Kerry and a business owner from Galway

Ryan Odusanya, aged 20, of Bremore Pastures Drive, Balbriggan, Dublin, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to holding €20,000 in criminal proceeds in his bank account on September 5, 2023. File photo

A judge has said he is “getting fed up” with young people convicted of money mule offences pleading they were “young and stupid” at the time.

Judge Martin Nolan made his comments at the sentence hearing of a Dublin man who allowed his bank account to be used to hold over €20,000 in funds stolen in an online banking scam. An elderly couple from Kerry and a business owner from Galway were targeted in the scam.