According to reports, the Feds are investigating the former Temple player, Hysier Miller. He’s been caught betting on his games and even manipulating the outcomes of the games he played in. Talk about a scandal!
It’s not something you hear every day. I wonder if he thought he could escape it without anyone noticing. Well, it looks like he’s in some serious trouble now. Betting on your games and tampering with the results is a big no-no in the sports world.
Miller, Temple’s leading scorer last season, transferred to Virginia Tech during the offseason but was dismissed by the Hokies on Oct. 23 because of the federal investigation and an NCAA inquiry into Temple games, sources said. A regular-season Temple game drew attention for unusual betting activity in March.
Miller never played a game for the Hokies. The school said at the time that his dismissal was “due to circumstances prior to his enrollment at Virginia Tech.”
Asked for comment on the allegations, Miller’s attorney, Jason P. Bologna of the law firm Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney, gave ESPN a statement: “Hysier Miller has overcome more adversity in his 22 years than most people face in their lifetime. He will meet and overcome whatever obstacles lay ahead.”
Temple spokesperson Steve Orbanek told ESPN that the school is “aware of the deeply concerning allegations of sports wagering last season.” He said the university had not “received any requests for information” from state or federal law enforcement but “will cooperate fully should we be contacted.”
In a statement, the FBI said it would neither confirm nor deny the existence of any investigation.
Temple released a statement March 8 saying it was reviewing reports of suspicious betting patterns.
The NCAA has contacted people in the gambling industry in recent weeks to inquire about the Temple case, gambling industry sources told ESPN. It has been investigating Miller and the Temple games for several months, sources said.
“We have been fully responsive and cooperative with the NCAA since the moment we learned of the investigation,” Orbanek, the Temple spokesperson, told ESPN this week.
Bookmakers noticed that the same customers who bet against Temple in the UAB game had been wagering on other games involving the Owls, often making wagers on the result and the total points scored in the first half, according to gambling industry sources.
I wonder how deep this investigation will go and what they’ll find. It’s really shocking to think that a player would do something like that knowing the consequences it comes with. Keep coming here for more updates on this scandal.
