David Shepardson of the Detroit News reports that Chris Webber may be in trouble with the law. The U.S. Attorney's Office is expected to seek an indictment as early as Wednesday of NBA star Chris Webber for allegedly lying to a federal grand jury about his dealings with banned University of Michigan basketball booster Eddie Martin.

Sources familiar with the investigation told The Detroit News that a grand jury would be asked to indict Webber, the former U-M and Detroit Country Day star, on making a false declaration before a grand jury on Aug. 2, 2000. Conviction on a single charge could bring a maximum prison sentence of five years and a $250,000 fine.
 
The grand jury that will consider the Webber indictment is the grand jury that indicted Martin in May on charges he ran an illegal lottery at Ford Motor Co. plants in Metro Detroit. He admits using some of the proceeds to loan, between 1988 and 1999, a total of $616,000 to four former U-M basketball players -- including $280,000 to Chris Webber and his family.