{"id":13024,"date":"2025-07-31T13:33:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T13:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/?post_type=america&#038;p=13024"},"modified":"2025-07-31T13:33:01","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T13:33:01","slug":"former-nba-star-gilbert-arenas-busted-running-high-stakes-poker-ring-in-l-a-mansion","status":"publish","type":"america","link":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/america\/former-nba-star-gilbert-arenas-busted-running-high-stakes-poker-ring-in-l-a-mansion\/","title":{"rendered":"Former NBA Star Gilbert Arenas busted running high-stakes poker ring in L.A. mansion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Former Washington Wizards All-Star <strong>Gilbert Arenas<\/strong>, once dubbed \u201cAgent Zero,\u201d was arrested this week in connection with an <strong>illegal high-stakes poker operation<\/strong> allegedly run out of his luxury mansion in Encino, California. Federal prosecutors say Arenas, 43, operated a full-scale underground gambling den catering to L.A.&#8217;s elite, in violation of multiple federal statutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the indictment unsealed Monday, the poker ring ran between <strong>September 2021 and July 2022<\/strong>, featuring <strong>Pot Limit Omaha games<\/strong>, private security, hired masseuses, and waitstaff. The operation reportedly took a <strong>rake<\/strong> from each pot and offered cash chips off the books \u2014 a structure described by investigators as <strong>\u201corganized crime\u2013grade efficiency.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/america\/from-field-to-felt-ex-nfl-running-back-anthony-hutchison-loses-millions-in-poker-faces-fraud-charges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&#8211; From Field to Felt: Ex-NFL Running Back Anthony Hutchison Loses Millions in Poker, Faces Fraud Charges<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"line-height1 has-large-font-size\">\u201cThis wasn\u2019t some friendly house game,\u201d said one federal agent. \u201cThis was a commercial-grade gambling enterprise operating in plain sight.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Diamond<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/landing\/multigame-link\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/multigame-diamod-III-700-eng.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9622\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/multigame-diamod-III-700-eng.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/multigame-diamod-III-700-eng-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/multigame-diamod-III-700-eng-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The bust also includes <strong>six other defendants<\/strong>, among them <strong>Yevgeni Gershman<\/strong>, believed to have ties to an Israeli crime syndicate. Gershman faces additional charges for <strong>marriage fraud<\/strong> and <strong>immigration violations<\/strong>. The indictment describes a tightly-run operation that netted hundreds of thousands of dollars in unreported revenue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/america\/another-star-caught-in-the-gamble-nbas-malik-beasley-faces-federal-betting-probe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Another star caught in the gamble? NBA\u2019s Malik Beasley faces federal betting probe<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arenas, who previously served a suspension in 2009 for bringing firearms into an NBA locker room, now faces <strong>up to five years in prison per count<\/strong> if convicted. 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