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Prosecutors drop charges against 4 ISU athletes in gambling probe

The Story County Attorney filed a motion to dismiss charges against four former Cyclones accused of placing illegal sports bets. For more Local News from KCRG: https://www.kcrg.com/ For more YouTube Content: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVg0ul_tJm6uNvTmZxEtXJA

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dropped gambling charges against some former Iowa State athletes citing allegations the Iowa DCI misused tracking software in its investigation the story County attorney filed a motion to dismiss charges against four former Cyclones who are accused of placing illegal Sports bets the filing site allegations from Geo comply that the Iowa DCI misused its software to track sports betting the company said State agents effectively conducted a warrantless search to track bets placed at athletic facilit
ies Iowa DCI has not responded publicly to Geo complies accusations but have defended the investigation is constitutional agents accused dozens of current and former cyclone and Hawkeye athletes of illegally gambling on Sports using fake identities now we do have an update because just within the last half hour the commissioner for the Iowa Department of Public Safety did put out this statement about its investigation and in part it says I understand why this investigation and the resulting char
ges have generated so much attention and such strong opinions now commissioner step bans further says had this situation not involved College athlet athletes that is the public perception may have been entirely different and he goes on to say throughout the investigation and subsequent prosecution we continually reviewed our actions and I fully stand behind the investigation and the agents who did the work

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