April 11 (UPI) — Federal prosecutors on Thursday charged the former interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani with bank fraud, alleging he stole more than $16 million to pay off gambling debts.
Ippei Mizuhara allegedly stole over $16 million from Ohtani to “finance his voracious appetite for illegal sports betting,” U.S. attorney Martin Estrada told news media outlets.
Mizuhara helped Ohtani, who does not speak or understand English, set up a bank account in 2018 and “used that familiarity” to wire unauthorized transfers from Ohtani’s account between 2021 and 2024, according to the Justice Department.
Mizuhara allegedly change the settings on the account so Ohtani would not be notified of the transactions….
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