Ippei Mizuhara admitted to quietly siphoning off millions of dollars from the baseball superstar to pay off lost wagers.

Ippei Mizuhara pleaded guilty last year to one count of bank fraud and one count of subscribing to a false tax return.

Mizuhara was accused of stealing nearly $17 million from Shoehei Ohtani’s bank account to cover his gambling bets and debts.

Ippei Mizuhara, Shohei Ohtani's former interpreter, has been sentenced to five years in prison for siphoning millions of ...

The former interpreter to Shohei Ohtani, who admitted stealing almost $17 million from the Japanese baseball star to pay off ...

Ippei Mizuhara, the onetime translator and de facto manager of the power-hitting pitcher from Japan, was sentenced to four ...

"I want to say I am truly sorry to Mr. Ohtani for what I have done," Mizuhara said in court, via ESPN. Mizuhara also received ...

Ippei Mizuhara, 39, is sentenced to 4 years and 9 months in prison for stealing nearly $17 million from Dodgers superstar ...

Ippei Mizuhara, the former interpreter of Los Angeles Dodgers baseball star Shohei Ohtani, has been sentenced to nearly five years in prison for a fraud and gambling scheme. He was ordered to pay back ...

Ippei Mizuhara, Shohei Ohtani’s former longtime interpreter and confidant, was sentenced to 57 months in federal prison.

Ippei Mizuhara admitted to stealing nearly $17 million from Shohei Ohtani's bank account to pay off illegal gambling debts.