Chengwen Guo (43), who was the “Irish representative of a transnational crime organisation,” pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to theft and money laundering offences on dates between 2021 and 2022.

The accounts show that Apple's Irish unit paid out €8.2 billion in corporation taxes for the 12 months to the end of September.

Chengwen Guo (41), of Ivy Exchange, Parnell Street, Dublin 1 was refused bail on Saturday and faced his second hearing on Wednesday

The tech giant said it is aware of an issue where alarms do not play the expected sound.