Amaya Names Ashkenazi CEO as Baazov Cuts Ties With Poker Company
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Amaya Inc. named interim Chief Executive Officer Rafi Ashkenazi permanent CEO after founder David Baazov cut ties with the world’s biggest online poker company.
Baazov resigned from all positions within Amaya effective Thursday, the Pointe-Claire, Quebec-based company said in a statement. Baazov is the subject of an insider trading probe by Quebec’s securities regulator, which he said in March he planned to “vigorously” contest, calling the allegations false.