Young people need to be warned of money mule dangers, says Judge Reporter: '); Banks and schools need to do more to raise awareness amongst young people of the dangers of acting as money mules for criminals, a judge has said. Judge Melanie Greally made her comments at the sentence hearing of a young man who allowed his bank account to be used to hold the proceeds of crime. Daniel Flanagan (21) had just sat his applied Leaving Cert exam in 2018 when he agreed to give his bank card and details to a man he owed a “drug debt” to, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard on Thursday.