| Isai
Scheinberg of PokerStars Now Has
October 2020 Trial Date But
Expects To Quietly Plead Guilty
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY, Feb 20, updated
Feb 21 -- When Isai
Scheinberg, after being
indicted in 2011 and recently
returning from Switzerland
voluntarily
though following an extradition
request appeared in
U.S. District Court for the
Southern District of New York
on February 20, the mood was
strangely cordial.
SDNY Judge
Lewis A. Kaplan set a trial
date, of October 19 - but told
the defendant's well known
counsel Paul Schechtman he
expected the case reach a
disposition before then, and
that he'd assign the plea to
the Magistrates
Court.
These are
the quiet pleas that take
place unannounced and usually
uncovered in that court in the
mornings. But Inner City Press
will follow this one. It all
relates back to so-called
"Black Friday" in April, 2011
whic saw indictments involving
Scheinberg's PokerStars, as
well as Full Tilt Poker,
Ultimate Bet, and Absolute
Poker.
Scheinberg
spent years living both in
Canada and on the Isle
of Man. SDNY prosecutors
started extradition
proceedings during a visit by
Scheinberg to Switzerland. He
was released on one million
dollars bail.The case is US v.
Scheinberg, 10-cr-336
(Kaplan).
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