Seven current or former athletes at Iowa State University and the University of Iowa were each charged on Tuesday with one count of tampering with records related to the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation's ongoing probe into sports gambling.
announced in May that they were aware of sports betting allegations within their athletic departments. Iowa State reported allegations involving approximately 15 active student-athletes, while Iowa said it was aware of an investigation by Iowa gaming authorities involving 26 current student-athletes and one full-time employee in the athletic department.
Johnson is a sophomore wrestler at Iowa State and the reigning Big 12 Champion at 149 pounds. Per the complaint, Johnson is accused of wagering $45,640 across 1,283 separate bets, including roughly 25 on Iowa State athletic events, while using a different identity. Sauser is a sophomore offensive lineman for the Cyclones. According to the complaint, Sauser is alleged to have placed 12 bets on Iowa State football games while using a disguised identity. That includes games last year against Ohio, West Virginia, Oklahoma State, and Texas Tech. The complaint alleges that Sauser's account wagered $3,075 on DraftKings.'s Denver Broncos, is alleged to have placed bets on two Iowa State games in 2021 while disguising his identity.
"Since becoming aware of potential NCAA eligibility issues related to sports wagering by several of our student-athletes in May, Iowa State University has been actively working to address these issues with the involved student-athletes," Iowa State athletic director Jamie Pollard said in a statement shared with."This process is ongoing and will take time before being completely resolved. Iowa State cannot comment on any student-athletes' circumstance or eligibility status.
"This charge attempts to criminalize a daily fact of American life," Weinhardt said in a statement to."This prosecution interferes with and politicizes what is the business of Iowa State University and the NCAA. The investigation at the Iowa universities is the tip of the iceberg. Thousands and thousands of college athletes place bets, usually small ones, with shared accounts. That is for the schools and the NCAA to police.
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