COLUMBUS, Ohio-A tattoo salon owner, the Ohio State Football memorabilia purchased was due Friday in Federal Court with drug trafficking and money laundering, although his lawyer said, there is no connection with the scandal over the sale of the article development.

Edward rife will work guilty to the charges and with authorities, specified in U.S. District Court filed documents. The fees and confession of rife's do not mention the sale of the memorabilia.

Widespread, 31, is guilty to a count of conspiracy to distribute and with the intention of more than 200 pounds distribute marijuana have and a number of money-laundering, showed the documents. He could be a prison sentence of 20 years face, although probably much less under federal sentencing rules would get.

The money laundering charge claimed that rife 2005 deserves saved Nissan infinity QX56 with money $21,500 for one by the alleged drug transactions according to the Friday paid documents.

Five players, including star quarterback Terrelle Pryor, are this fall for the adoption of improper profits of rife in the amount of $12,000 to 15,000 dollars for the first five games suspended.

Coach Jim Tressel is also stopped and is still for knowledge of his involvement with rife and reporting to the NCAA or his superiors more than nine months is examined.

Rife's attorney said Friday that his client is responsibility for past mistakes.

"His criminal allegations and what to do in Federal Court really has little or nothing at all to do State football with the Ohio players," attorney Stephen Palmer added. "He deals with a very worrying time anyway and the heat from the Ohio State have situation come down on him was awful."

Rife is a fan of Ohio State football program Palmer said.

"He wanted to come no damage on all players, or the University or the program or Coach Tressel, or anyone," said Palmer. "If he is responsible for everything, it is an Ohio State fan is."

The US Prosecutor not the internal revenue service that charges against Clark investigates money laundering, would comment.

Although suspensions do not mention rife's confession Ohio State or the player learned OSU of the memorabilia sales by the federal investigation of rife.

Tressel received an email from Columbus Attorney, Chris Cicero, who a former Ohio State was accessible and Letterman in the 1980's in April 2010. He told, Tressel, who sold at least two current Buckeyes players had signed memorabilia to rife, Ohio State Salon ran a local tattoo. Cicero also said that they had received free tattoos.

Cicero said that rife drug trafficking was subject of a federal investigation.

The two players were shown later to Pryor and wide receiver of four Posey. An e-Mail response wrote on the same day Tressel, "Thanks." I'll be on it ASAP. "

Tressel said later, that a vow of confidentiality by contract he felt committed not anything about the e-Mail to disclose, even though there is nothing in it quiet about remaining. He and Cicero traded twice more, with more details of the violations, the Tressel e mails. Cicero, said that he had spoken by rife for 90 minutes.

Athletic Director Gene Smith has said, Tressel notified never him, his Ohio State leaders or anyone in compliance Department of the University. He is also not the lawyers on the staff of the situation, contact although it forward the original email to Ted Sarniak, a businessman and mentor of Pryor in his hometown of Jeannette, Pennsylvania.

Tressel signed a NCAA form in September in which he said he had no knowledge of infringements against rules. As the U.S. Attorney Office Ohio came, State in December to tell about their investigation, that an investigation of its own started uncovered memorabilia in Clark's possession, the school. In interviews, that month Tressel not disclose what he knew at all times.

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