Karine Lawani, a social media influencer and psychology student pleaded guilty back in July to money laundering.

This was after she was involved in a money laundering scam by naively letting a fraudster use her bank account to transfer funds.

The 22-year from Dublin said she unknowingly became involved after a man contacted her through Snapchat asking for some help with a bank transfer.

Detective Garda John Saunderson told Dublin District Court that €5,430 was transferred into Karine's bank account on February 11 last year.

He also obtained CCTV evidence showing an "unknown male withdrawing €1,500 from the account" at an ATM in the Liffey Valley shopping centre.

However, after pleading with the judge through her lawyer, Karine has now been spared a prison sentence due to "extenuating circumstances". Counsel asked the judge to note the 22-year-old had already suffered from the public backlash, which has led to threats.

The pre-sentence report found Karine to be at the "lowest end of recklessness, someone who was a victim of her own kindness".

Judge Smyth said he thought an influencer would be tech-savvy and difficult to be duped in this way.

However, he applied the Probation of Offenders Act which spares her a criminal record as well as a custodial sentence.

The barrister said her client interacted stupidly and naively because she wanted to help out over a simple bank transfer.

The court was told she was extremely remorseful and embarrassed and wanted to pay the money back.