Andrew Gecelovsky was a Russian criminal in the gang of Vladimir Laitanan six years prior to Day 8. He and his relative Paul Gecelovsky — along with Lugo Elson and Ziya Dakhilov — worked with Laitanan in the organized crime underground until their group was broken up by "Renee Zadan" (undercover FBI agent Renee Walker). Andrew and the others, excluding Laitanan, were arrested in the sting operation.