Former NBA star Gilbert Arenas was arrested Wednesday on a federal indictment for running an illegal gambling business that included high-stakes poker games.
Arenas, host of “Gil’s Arena” podcast, was indicted by the Department of Justice (DOJ) alongside an Israeli crime figure who hosted high-stakes poker games at an Encino mansion Arenas owned.
Arenas, 43, is currently in custody and he is set to be arraigned Wednesday, July 30, in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles.
According to the federal indictment, Arenas hosted an illegal gambling ring from September 2021 through July 2022 at an Encino home he owned.
Arenas rented out his Encino mansion for the purpose of hosting high-stakes illegal poker games with four others, including Yevgeni Gershman, described by the indictment as an Israeli crime figure.
Pictured above is an aerial view of Arenas’ home in Los Angeles.
Gershman, 49, hired bottle service girls to serve drinks and give the gamblers massages. The women were required to give back a portion of their tips to Arenas and Gershman.
Chefs, valets and armed security guards were also hired to staff the poker games, according to the federal indictment.
