Ippei Mizuhara, a former Japanese interpreter for baseball star Shohei Ohtanti, has agreed to plead guilty to federal charges, admitting he stole millions of dollars and filed a false tax return as he tried to cover massive gambling debts.
Ippei Mizuhara, the disgraced former interpreter for Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani, has agreed to plead guilty in federal court to stealing millions of dollars from Ohtani to cover gambling debts, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. The 39-year-old Japanese language interpreter has reached a plea deal for one count each of bank fraud and subscribing to a federal tax return, the Justice Department said.
The blockbuster March revelation that the Dodgers had fired Mizuhara amid an investigation into claims he had stolen Ohtani’s money and gambled on sports shocked the baseball world. Last month, federal authorities cleared Ohtani of wrongdoing in connection with the scheme, quieting widespread speculation about the potential fallout of the scandal for his baseball career and potential criminal charges.
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