Former Premiership footballer jailed over £400,000 money laundering scheme

A former Scottish professional footballer caught carrying out a £400,000 money laundering handover has been jailed.

James Keatings, 33, transported heavy boxes of crime cash in a white Transit van while working as a plasterer.

Keatings, once on the books as a forward for clubs including Celtic, Hearts, Hibs, St Johnstone, Dundee United, and Hamilton Accies, admitted possessing and transferring criminal property.

Falkirk Sheriff Court heard he had been drawn into crime after a hip injury at the age of 27 left him in chronic pain, and he began to play at lower levels in the game before quitting altogether and learning a trade.