Monday 17 November 2014 19:26, UK
Four men have appeared in court charged with fraudulent activity linked to the sale of Rangers Football Club three years ago.
Gary Withey, 50, David Whitehouse, 49, Paul Clark, 50, and David Grier, 53, were granted bail following a hearing at Glasgow Sheriff Court.
All four are accused of involvement in an alleged fraudulent scheme to acquire Rangers in 2011.
Withey, from Woking in Surrey, a former company secretary at Rangers, faces a second charge under the Companies Act.
Whitehouse, from Wilmslow, Cheshire; Clark, from Esher in Surrey and Grier, from Wokingham, Berkshire, are also accused of attempting to pervert the course of justice.
No pleas or declarations were made and all four men have been bailed to appear in court at a later date.
The men were detained following a joint operation by Police Scotland and officers across England last Friday. An arrest warrant was issued for former Rangers owner Craig Whyte, 43, in connection with the investigation.
Whyte took control of Rangers from Sir David Murray in May 2011. The club went into administration in February the following year before being consigned to liquidation in June 2012.
