Career
Scheinberg previously had been a senior programmer for International Business Machines Corporation Canada. In about 1986, Scheinberg left Israel, and moved to Toronto. They settled there in Richmond Hill, where in 2011 he still owned the house he had bought in 1988.
In 2011, Scheinberg was indicted on five criminal charges related to Pokerstars under United States federal laws.
Scheinberg sold his majority stake in Pokerstars to Amaya Gaming in 2014.
