Prosecutors have brought seven further charges against six men accused of the alleged fraudulent acquisition of Rangers Football Club.

The fresh charges include allegations that former owner Craig Whyte and David Grier, obtained £475,000 by fraud from the club during Whyte's time in power at Ibrox.

Whyte, 44, and ex-chief executive Charles Green, 62, were among those who attended the High Court in Edinburgh on Tuesday.

Gary Withey, 51, David Grier, 54, David Whitehouse, 50, and Paul Clark, 51, also appeared for the preliminary hearing.

It is claimed that Whyte, along with his associate David Grier, fraudulently obtained £475,000 while Whyte was the owner of Rangers, and made a further attempt to fraudulently gain another £253,000.

It also alleged the two men, together with administrators Paul Clark and David Whitehouse, and another man Gary Withey, were knowingly parties to "making the administration of the club inevitable" through failure to pay debts, and also used £6m in money from a firm called Ticketus to ensure Duff and Phelps became administrators in order to facilitate the sale back of a debt-free Rangers to Whyte.

The man who was the chief executive of the Rangers newco, Charles Green, also stands accused of obtaining £5.5m by fraud to buy the assets of the company in 2012, and subsequently raise £21m through a share offering, also by fraud.

Further pre-trial hearings will call in Aberdeen on January 21, and in Edinburgh on February 1.