Police Scotland has been forced to hand over £300,000 to a former Rangers administrator.
David Whitehouse received the cash along with £10.5million from the Crown Office over a bungled arrest and prosecution.
Chief Constable Iain Livingstone admitted earlier this month the accountant and his former Duff & Phelps colleague Paul Clark had been given £75,000 each from police along with legal costs.
Sources have now confirmed the expenses for Whitehouse alone add another £225,000 to his payout from the force.
Clark has also received £10.5million from the Crown Office.
The total bill for the Rangers scandal is likely to top £100million after attempts were made to prosecute businessmen involved in the club’s collapse.
Conservative MSP Murdo Fraser has called the debacle “unprecedented in Scottish legal history”.
Ex-Rangers administrator David Grier is also seeking millions in compensation over his wrongful arrest.
