This month, a grand jury indicted Shane Hennen for his role in a scheme to rig private card games and NBA games, as part of a nationwide criminal enterprise.
The allegations are news, but not entirely new.
Sixteen years ago, a former college basketball player accused Hennen of cheating at a private card game.
Ryan Lambert had transferred from Western Kentucky to Duquesne, in Hennen’s hometown of Pittsburgh. He started three games and played in seven in the fall of 2005 before being dismissed after a fight with a teammate. Lambert stayed in Pittsburgh after his dismissal, and in the early morning hours of Nov. 20, 2009, he accused Hennen of cheating at cards. The 6' 7", 200-pound Lambert confronted the 6' 2", 165-pound Hennen.
Less than an hour later police found Lambert on Wharton Street in Pittsburgh, outside a nightclub called Diesel, with a stab wound in his neck.