Agent Zero in Hot Water: Gilbert Arenas and Five Others Indicted in Alleged High-Stakes Illegal Gambling Ring
Los Angeles is buzzing with news as former NBA All-Star Gilbert Arenas, widely known as "Agent Zero," was arrested today along with five other defendants on a federal indictment. The charges stem from an alleged illegal gambling business, operating high-stakes poker games out of an Encino mansion owned by Arenas himself. The indictment, unsealed today after being returned on July 15, alleges that from September 2021 to July 2022, Arenas, Yevgeni Gershman, and others ran a clandestine gambling operation. Arenas, 43, faces charges of conspiracy to operate an illegal gambling business, operating an illegal gambling business, and making false statements to federal investigators. Among those arrested is Yevgeni Gershman, 49, a.k.a. "Giora," described as a suspected high-level member of an Israeli transnational organized crime group. He, along with Evgenni Tourevski, Allan Austria, Yarin Cohen, and Ievgen Krachun, are each charged with conspiracy and operating...