{"id":131164,"date":"2020-03-25T21:40:18","date_gmt":"2020-03-26T04:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=131164"},"modified":"2020-03-26T10:23:55","modified_gmt":"2020-03-26T17:23:55","slug":"scheinberg-last-of-black-friday-11-pleads-guilty-to-online-poker-charge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/scheinberg-last-of-black-friday-11-pleads-guilty-to-online-poker-charge\/","title":{"rendered":"PokerStars Founder Isai Scheinberg, Last of the ‘Black Friday’ 11, Pleads Guilty to Running Illegal Online Gambling Site"},"content":{"rendered":"
UPDATE (11:45 am ET): A spokesperson for PokerStars founder Isai Scheinberg issued the following statement Thursday to Casino.org<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cMr. Scheinberg is pleased to put this matter behind him and that all charges other than violating the 1971 Gambling Act have been dropped. Notably, all PokerStars players were paid back immediately and Mr. Scheinberg played an important role in ensuring that all of the players from other sites were repaid as well.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n Two months after returning to federal custody, Isai Scheinberg, the founder of PokerStars, pled guilty in a New York federal court Wednesday to running an illegal online poker site.<\/p>\n