Ippei Mizuhara, the former interpreter of Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani, pleaded guilty to bank and tax fraud on Tuesday and admitted to stealing nearly $17 million from the Japanese phenom to pay off sports betting debts.
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Shohei Ohtani’s former interpreter pleaded guilty to stealing nearly $17 million from the athlete’s bank account to pay off his own gambling debts.
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Ippei Mizuhara has been linked to payments transferred from Ohtani’s account to an illegal Southern California gambling operation.
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Ohtani’s attorneys told the LA Times that Mizuhara had used the ballplayer’s funds to pay off an alleged illegal bookmaker.
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