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WEBVTT THE HOUSE IS EXPECTED TO TAKE UP THE SPENDING BILL THIS EVENING. STEVE: A $1 MILLION SWINDLE. THAT’S THE NEW FEDERAL ALLEGATION AGAINST FORMER DES MOINES SPORTS RADIO TALK SHOW HOST MARTY TIRRELL KNOWN TO MANY AS THE MOUTH OF THE MIDWEST. LAURA: THE LONG-TIME MEDIA PERSONALITY IS CHARGED WITH DEFRAUDING EIGHT PEOPLE OUT OF $1.5 MILLION, IN DEALS INVOLVING SPORTS TICKETS. STEVE: KCCI SENIOR REPORTER TODD MAGEL IS LIVE AT THE FEDERAL COURTHOUSE TONIGHT WHERE TIRRELL APPEARED THIS AFTERNOON. TODD: WE HEARD HE WAS IN FEDERAL COURT, HE WANTED TO GET OUT OF JAIL BUT THE JUDGE SAID NO WAY, HE IS STAYING IN JAIL AS A PRISONER IN POLK COUNTY UNTIL THERE COULD BE A CENTER WHERE HE CAN GO TO TO GET TREATMENT. THAT COULD BE SOME TIME. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SAID TERREL HAD A SCHEME WHERE HE WOULD OFFER CLIENTS HE WOULD SELL SPORTS TICKETS AND OFFER THEM AT A PROFIT. INVESTORS WOULD SHARE IN THOSE PROFITS. ACCORDING TO THE FBI, THOSE FOLKS NEVER GOT PAID, AND THAT IS A PROBLEM FOR A LOT OF HIS FINANCES HE HAS TOLD WITH OVER THE LAST DECADE. >> THE KIDS LIKE BASKETBALL GEAR -- PLAY BASKETBALL YEAR-ROUND AS IT IS. TODD: MARTY TIRRELL CALLED HIMSELF THE MOUTH OF THE MIDWEST. A LONG TIME RADIO TALK SHOW HOST AND SPORTS ANNOUNCER. BUT NOW HIS MOUTH AND THE BUSINESS PROMISES HE MADE COULD SEND HIM TO FEDERAL PRISON. >> HE KINDA GOT IN OVER HIS HEAD AND WAS NOT ABLE TO MEET HIS OBLIGATIONS. TODD: ATTORNEY PETER ROLWES REPRESENTS TOYOTA OF DES MOINES AND ITS OWNER THE GABUS FAMILY. TIRRELL OWES THEM MORE THAN $100,000 AFTER SEVERAL SPORTS RELATED DEALS WENT SOUTH. BACK IN 2012 TIRRELL PROMISED TO BRING FOOTBALL STAR TROY AIKMAN TO THE DEALERSHIP. BUT AIKMEN NEVER SHOWED AND THE GABUS FAMILY SUED TO GET THEIR $80,000 PAYMENT TO TIRRELL RETURNED. >> EXTREMELY FRUSTRATING, EXTREMELY COSTLY. TODD: A NEW FEDERAL INDICTMENT SHOWS THE AIKMAN DEAL WAS JUST ONE OF A NUMBER OF TIRRELL’S ALLEGED SCHEMES, MOST INVOLVED BUYING SPORTS TICKETS FOR WEALTHY CLIENTS AND PROMISING TO SHARE THE PROFITS AFTER RESELLING THEM. AN FBI INVESTIGATION SHOWS THAT NEVER HAPPENED AND TIRRELL’S PARTNERS LOST $1.5 MILLION. >> ON BEHALF OF CREDITORS THERE IS CERTAINLY A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVEN’T BEEN PAID AND MAYBE WILL NOT BE PAID. SO MAYBE THIS WILL BE THE END OF THE MARTY SAGA. TODD: OR WILL IT? TIRRELL CALLED HIMSELF A COCKROACH IN A 2014 NEWSPAPER INTERVIEW. THE PEOPLE HE’S ACCUSED OF DEFRAUDING WON’T ARGUE WITH THAT. >> THAT IS NOT A BAD DESCRIPTION. I DON’T WANT TO SPEAK NEGATIVELY BUT HE ALWAYS DOES SEEM TO COME BACK. TODD: WE TALKED TO MANY OF HIS FORMER FRIENDS AND CLIENTS. MANY DID NOT WANT TO APPEAR ON CAMERA BECAUSE THEY WERE EMBARRASSED HOW MUCH MONEY THEY HAVE LOST OVER THE YEARS. WE ALSO TRIED TO CONTACT HIS FEDERALLY APPOINTED ATTORNEY TO REPRESENT HIM, BUT HE HAS NOT RETURNED OUR CALLS. LIVE AT THE FEDERAL COURTHOU

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An April trial has been scheduled for a former central Iowa sports radio talk show host who has been charged in connection with a $1.5 million swindle.Martin "Marty" Tirrell pleaded not guilty Wednesday to two counts of bank fraud, two counts of wire fraud, one count of mail fraud and one count of access device fraud, according to U.S. District Court records.Tirrell will remain in federal custody until a bed at a residential treatment facility opens up, sources confirm to KCCI. The longtime media personality who called himself the "Mouth of the Midwest" is accused of defrauding eight people in deals involving sports tickets. According to court documents, Tirrell told investors in 2016 and 2017 that he would buy sports tickets, resell them for a profit and share those profits.He originally paid them back and provided them with VIP access to events, but prosecutors said Tirrell eventually began using the investors' money on personal items or to pay back other people who'd invested."He got in over his head and was not able to meet his obligations," said attorney Peter Rolwes, who represents Toyota of Des Moines and its owner, the Gabus family. Tirrell owes them more than $100,000 after several sports-related deals fell through.In 2012, Tirrell promised to bring football star Troy Aikman to the dealership, but the athlete never showed up. The Gabus family sued to get their $80,000 payment to Tirrell returned."(It's) extremely frustrating and extremely costly," Rolwes said. A federal indictment charges that the Aikman deal was just one of a number of Tirrell's alleged schemes. Most involved buying sports tickets for wealthy clients and promising to share the profits after reselling them.An FBI investigation showed that never happened, and Tirrell's partners lost $1.5 million."On behalf of creditors, there is certainly a lot of people that haven't been paid and maybe will not be paid," Rolwes said. "So maybe this will be the end of the Marty Tirrell saga."Tirrell called himself a "cockroach" in a 2014 newspaper interview, and the people he's accused of defrauding won't argue with that self-proclamation."That's not a bad description," Rolwes said. "I don't want to speak negatively of Mrs. Tirrell, but he does seem to come back."Most of Tirrell's clients declined an on-camera interview with KCCI because they said they were too embarrassed to talk about the deals with him and the fact they had lost so much money.Tirrell owes more than $1 million in bankruptcy. His attorney didn't immediately return a call Thursday from KCCI.His trial is set to begin April 1.The Associated Press contributed to this report.