Attorneys representing four current or former Iowa State athletes charged with identify theft and tampering with records within the state’s student-athlete illegal gambling investigation have filed a motion to suppress all evidence used against them, claiming it was gathered via an “illegal search and seizure.”

Per ESPN’s Adam Rittenberg, the athletes involved in the motion are current ISU wrestler Paniro Johnson and ex-ISU football players Eyioma Uwazurike, Isaiah Lee and Jirehl Brock.

Their attorneys are accusing Iowa’s Division of Criminal investigations of “misrepresenting the nature of its investigation and violating the terms of use for a software program used to capture online wagering inside Iowa State’s athletic facilities,” per Rittenberg.

Eric Olson of the Associated Press provided more details on that matter:

“In the motion to suppress, the defense alleges a special agent for the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation violated the agency’s limited-use agreement with a geofencing tracking firm when he used its software to locate places inside ISU athletic facilities where athletes were making wagers on mobile betting platforms. The agent later obtained account information from the platforms to identify the athletes and third parties whose credit cards were used.

“The motion contends use of the tracking software was unconstitutional because no warrant had been issued, and it noted that the software firm, GeoComply, cut off DCI’s access to the tool last month because the user agreement was violated.”

The tool in question is Kibana, “which shows gambling activity linked to cellphone locations,” per Tyler Jett of the Des Moines Register, who added that the DCI agent (Bran Sanger) “testified in a January deposition that he did not apply for a search warrant before using Kibana,” per the ISU athletes’ attorneys.

Per Anna Kutz of weareiowa.com, over 20 athletes from Iowa or Iowa State have been accused of illegally gambling on college sports. Most charges were filed in August 2023, and many of the incidents involved current or ex-athletes allegedly using other peoples’ accounts (e.g., a relative) to bet. Some of the allegations include underage betting or gambling on games that athletes participated in.