In what could have easily been the next season of American Crime Story, Lionsgate Television is diving into the gambling scandal thats rocked Major League Baseball since March. Lionsgate is developing a scripted series about how Shohei Ohtani, the Japanese superstar of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Angels, became the subject of massive fraud and…
Real Housewives of Orange County cast member Ryan Boyajian was identified as the alleged associate who Ippei Mizuhara, the former interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani, wired money to in order to pay off massive gambling debts to an alleged California bookmaker, ESPN reported on Wednesday (May 8). Mizuhara, 39, has reportedly agreed…
An interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani has agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges after secretly transferring about $17 million from the players account to pay off gambling debt. Ippei Mizuhara incurred the debt through an illegal bookmaking operation, which Ohtani had no knowledge of, the US Justice Department said Wednesday. Mizuhara…
Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtanis former interpreter Ippei Mizuhara pleaded guilty to bank and tax fraud on Wednesday, per the Associated Press. Mizuhara was alleged of stealing $16 million from Ohtani for sports gambling purposes, running up a whopping $40 million debt in the process. Ohtani was deemed to be a victim in the…
A federal jury has found a 54-year-old Tampa man guilty of using $500,000 in COVID relief funds to pay off gambling debts and his girlfriends credit cards. Barrett Purvis faces 20 years in federal prison when he is sentenced Aug. 12. He was convicted of money laundering and wire fraud. Unlike many of the fraud…
In 1993, James Jordan, Michael Jordan’s father, was murdered while parked in his car. Two teenagers were convicted of the crime. However, theres a conspiracy theory connecting Michael Jordan’s gambling debts to his father’s tragic death that emerged after James Jordan’s murder. As per the speculations, Michael supposedly had a massive gambling debt and his…
Amid its all-out war with Russia, Ukraine’s government is facing another, unexpected foe problem gambling in the military. The issue was thrust into the spotlight when a Ukrainian soldier put forward a petition calling on Kyiv to address concerns about gambling among its battle-worn soldiers. Pavlo Petrychenko said veteran soldiers have turned to online gambling to cope with their stress. He warned of soldiers who had fallen into…
Once known for his unassailable status in the New York Mafia, 86-year-old Anthony Rom Romanello, finds himself stepping into prison bars this week. The reputed capo has been sentenced to two years incarceration for pressuring a Manhattan restaurant owner over an outstanding gambling debt. Unapologetically, his lawyer notes Romanello has no regrets about physically lashing…
In March, a rumor made the rounds that singer Bruno Mars owed over $50 million in gambling debt to Las Vegas casinos, but MGM Resorts International has now denied that story. NewsNation was one of the first to report that Mars had racked up an enormous tab gambling, and that he was performing at the…
The question of how connected the Ippei Mizuhara, Scott Sibella and Wayne Nix illegal gambling cases are was answered Tuesday (30 April). Mizuhara’s gambling debt payments were washed through the Resorts World Las Vegas and Pechanga casinos by an illegal bookmaker in the Nix gambling ring, directly linking the three cases. ESPNs Tisha Thompson connected…