SANTA ANA, Calif. — The former interpreter for Japanese baseball star Shohei Ohtani is expected to be sentenced for bank and tax fraud after he stole nearly $17 million from the Los Angeles ...

Ippei Mizuhara was sentenced to 57 months for stealing nearly $17 million from Dodgers' star Shohei Ohtani. Mizuhara also agreered to pay more than $18 million in restitution. Mizuhara contended ...

LOS ANGELES--Federal authorities allege Ippei Mizuhara, the former longtime interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani, stole more than $16 million from the two-way baseball ...

Sources: Ex-Angels IF David Fletcher bet with Mizuhara bookie David Fletcher, a former Angels infielder currently with the Braves' Triple-A affiliate, and his friend, who also played in the minor ...

(LOS ANGELES) — Ippei Mizuhara, the former interpreter for MLB star Shohei Ohtani, was sentenced to 57 months in federal prison on Thursday on charges related to stealing nearly $17 million from the ...

Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani's former interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, has been sentenced to 57 months in prison after stealing nearly $17 million from his ex-employer's bank account to ...

Ippei Mizuhara, who was supposed to bridge the gap between the Japanese athlete and his English-speaking teammates and fans, was sentenced in federal court in Santa Ana to four years and nine months ...

In March 2024, his former translator, Ippei Mizuhara, admitted to the team that he had a gambling addiction. He was then subsequently fired and was replaced by Will Ireton as interpreter.

Ippei Mizuhara, the former interpreter of Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani, was sentenced to nine years and four months in prison and three years' supervised releas for charges related to ...

Instead, Mizuhara exploited the language barrier to isolate Ohtani and profit from his proximity to the two-way player ’s power. At Mizuhara’s sentencing hearing in Santa Ana, the court ...

A nearly four-minute audio recording allegedly captured Shohei Ohtani 's former interpreter Ippei Mizuhara impersonating the baseball star on a call with a bank as he attempted to transfer $200,000 ...

Ippei Mizuhara, the onetime translator and de facto manager of the power-hitting pitcher from Japan, was sentenced to four years and nine months in prison, the punishment prosecutors had sought ...