Gilbert Arenas was arrested Wednesday in connection with a federal indictment that alleges the former NBA star hosted illegal high-stakes poker games at his mansion in Encino, California, according to a release from the United States Attorney's Office of Central California.

Arenas is officially charged with one count of conspiracy to operate an illegal gambling business, one count of operating an illegal gambling business, and one count of making false statements to federal investigators. He is scheduled to make his first court appearance and be arraigned in U.S. District Court on Wednesday afternoon in Los Angeles.

Yevgeni "Giora" Gershman, a suspected high-level member of an Israeli organized crime group, and several other associates also were indicted and arrested in connection with t

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