Two men have been charged in federal court with conspiring to run a gambling operation in Washington County that has been the focus of an ongoing federal investigation that has netted at least nine other arrests.

Ed Lazorchak and Dennis J. Williams were charged last week. They were expected to waive indictment by a grand jury and plead guilty to the charges against them.

The two defendants are in addition to nine charged early this year as part of the same operation. Those defendants have pleaded guilty to conspiracy and have been sentenced to various terms of probation.

Mr. Williams is charged with two counts of conspiracy and one count of filing a false tax return.

Mr. Lazorchak is charged with one count each of conspiracy and money laundering, and four counts of filing false tax returns.

The court filings against the men say they were involved in a Washington County gambling ring also run by an individual identified by the initials "AC," which included taking bets on sporting events and the Pennsylvania Lottery and selling $100 tickets for a drawing based on the lottery.

Mr. Williams is accused of paying $380 to winning bettors in June 2006. In addition, in October 2005, an undercover state trooper reportedly saw Mr. Williams recording sports bets at Cuddy Sports Club, according to the court filings.

He also is accused of running an illegal ticket operation where the tickets sold for $50 each.

As part of the charges against Mr. Lazorchak, court filings say that he bought five sets of tickets numbered from zero to 999 from a printing company in Canonsburg, and that he used gambling proceeds to buy a 2006 Dodge pickup.

The government has moved for forfeiture of more than $47,000 in cash from Mr. Lazorchak.

It's not the first forfeiture action against him. In September 2006, the U.S. attorney's office moved to have more than $300,000 in cash and savings bonds forfeited as part of the case. That money was seized by criminal investigators with the Internal Revenue Service during a search of property at 121 Fort Cherry Road in McDonald, and a safe deposit box at a local bank.

Court filings say Mr. Lazorchak and another man have been running the gambling business since at least 1994 from the Fort Cherry Road address and from 1000 Fawn Valley Drive in Canonsburg.