Former NBA star Gilbert Arenas charged over high-stakes illegal poker ring in Los Angeles

• Gilbert Arenas charged in illegal LA poker ring case

• Suspected Israeli crime figure among others arrested

• Feds allege mansion hosted raked high-stakes games

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.