Interpreter who stole $17m from MLB star Shohei Ohtani jailed for nearly five years
Ippei Mizuhara, 39, pleaded guilty to fraud after using millions of dollars to cover substantial gambling losses
A former interpreter was sentenced on Thursday to nearly five years in prison for stealing $17m from Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani to pay off gambling debts, according to local media reports.
Ippei Mizuhara, the one-time translator and de facto manager of Ohtani, was sentenced to four years and nine months in prison, the punishment prosecutors had sought, and also ordered by US district judge John Holcomb to pay restitution of over $18m, the City News Service reported.
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