A former National Football League (NFL) player has found himself in some serious trouble with the law. 

The New York Post reports that Devin Aguilar has been implicated in a major cash heist.

The total is reported to be about $1.2 million.

As we will see, though, the heist did not go as planned for Aguilar.

Here's what we know:

The incident took place in December 2021, but it has gone unreported for some time.

CBS News reports:

According to police reports, interviews, court transcripts and videos of the robbery obtained by CBS News Colorado, on Dec. 1, 2021, Aguilar, 35, armed with a gun, secretly followed a cash transport van as it pulled into an Arapahoe County business that transports and holds money for marijuana businesses around the state. The van driver had no idea anyone had followed her into the businesses' garage that night. She was carrying $1,224,785.37 in cash in the van.

The suspect took the money and fled the scene, but, it turns out that he did not properly plan things through.

The Post reports:

A former pro football player’s plot to rob $1.2 million in marijuana profits three years ago went awry when he discovered the bags full of stolen cash were too heavy to carry — so he chucked them in the Colorado woods and ran away.

Aguilar made a serious error during the attempted heist, leaving one of his gloves in the bag of money. The police then used that glove to obtain a DNA sample, and it was from this DNA sample that the police linked the burglary to Aguilar. They happened to have his DNA on file because he was implicated in another burglary.

'Dumb"

Police would later determine that this whole thing was an inside job. It turns out that Aguilar had an "intimate relationship" with Fawn Huya, the lead teller at the cash transport business.

Aguilar ended up reaching a plea bargain with prosecutors, which allowed him to plead guilty to felony theft and felony aggravated robbery in exchange for 15-20 years in prison.

The judge, however, only gave him one year of imprisonment and nine years of probation. Aguilar was released after serving less than seven months of the prison term.

Arapahoe County Sheriff investigations Sgt. Brett Cohn has provided news outlets with information about the heist, which he referred to as "dumb."

"There's no such thing as the perfect crime. This was definitely not the perfect crime . . . Extremely dumb. You can plan meticulously for six months but there were clearly mistakes made." Cohn said.