On the gambling books, Ippei Mizuhara was known by the account number 35966.
Using that handle, Mizuhara made 19,000 illegal wagers with an Orange County bookmaker, averaging 25 bets a day, from $10 to $160,000, indicating the level of his alleged addiction. In one day in October, he made three bets totaling $233,386, authorities said.
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The former translator for Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani did his share of winning, to the tune of $142.5 million, in little more than two years. But it wasnt nearly enough to cover his losses of nearly $183 million.
A federal affidavit filed Thursday, April 11, in the federal bank fraud case against Mizu…
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