Former NBA All-Star Gilbert Arenas has been indicted on federal charges stemming from an illegal high-stakes gambling ring that operated out of a Los Angeles mansion he owned, US authorities announced on Tuesday.
Arenas, 43, who starred for the Washington Wizards and was known as Agent Zero during his playing career, was arrested alongside five other defendants, including a man federal officials describe as a suspected high-level member of an Israeli organized crime group.
The indictment, unsealed in Los Angeles, accuses the six men of running an illicit gambling operation from September 2021 to July 2022 in the wealthy suburb of Encino. According to prosecutors, Arenas rented out the mansion for