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LSU has suspended basketball coach Will Wade indefinitely in light of a Yahoo Sports report that he is on an FBI wiretap discussing his efforts to lure a recruit to play at LSU.

Wade had told Christian Dawkins, who was convicted of fraud last year for his connection to an illicit recruiting scheme involving Adidas and the University of Louisville, that he had made a “strong-ass offer” to one recruit, in a call that was recorded by law enforcement, according to the Yahoo report. Wade also suggested that the prospect had not yet committed because someone else in his life, Wade said, was not getting “enough piece of the pie in the deal.”

A source with knowledge of the call, who declined to be identified because the trial is continuing, confirmed the report Friday.

Wade was coach at VCU for two seasons, leaving in March 2017.

A statement released by VCU on Friday night said the school’s athletic compliance office has reviewed “all recruiting activity during his tenure to determine whether any inaccuracies or red flags existed,” and found “no red flags or causes for concern.”