In April 2024, Mizuhara was charged with stealing nearly $17 million from Ohtani, most of which was transferred directly from ...

Prosecutors stayed firm on their request for a five-year sentence for Mizuhara, who is asking for 18 months in prison.

Federal prosecutors said no evidence backs up Ippei Mizuhara's claims that he suffered from a gambling addiction, which led ...

Soon after the 2024 regular season began, a bombshell report emerged involving Shohei Ohtani's interpreter and long-time ...

Federal prosecutors said Thursday that there was no evidence Ippei Mizuhara, the ex-interpreter of Shohei Ohtani, suffered ...

Shohei Ohtani's former interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, faces sentencing after admitting to stealing millions of dollars from the MLB star. However, federal prosecutors have challenged ...

The former interpreter for MLB superstar Shohei Ohtani wasn’t battling a gambling addiction when he stole $17 million from ...

Matthew Bowyer, a bookmaker for Shohei Ohtani’s former interpreter, said he felt guilty for not stopping the interpreter from ...

— In 2008, NBA referee Tim Donaghy pleaded guilty to wire fraud and transmitting betting information for taking thousands of ...

Federal prosecutors have now disputed claims that Ippei Mizuhara stole from Shohei Ohtani to pay back his gambling debts.