Isai Scheinberg (; born 1946 or 1947) is the
Lithuanian Jewish
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founder of the
PokerStars
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online poker
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site. Scheinberg previously had been a senior programmer for
IBM
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Canada.
Biography
In about 1986, Scheinberg left Israel, and moved to Toronto. He settled there in
Richmond Hill, where in 2011 he still owned the house he had bought in 1988.
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In 2011, Scheinberg was indicted on five criminal charges related to Pokerstars under ]United States federal law
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s.
See also
* United States v. Scheinberg
References
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PokerStars
Businesspeople from Ontario
Businesspeople in software
Living people
People from Richmond Hill, Ontario
1940s births
Israeli businesspeople
Israeli emigrants to Canada
Israeli Jews
Canadian Jews
Poker people
Year of birth missing (living people)