A former interpreter for baseball star Shohei Ohtani was sentenced to nearly five years in prison for stealing nearly $17 million from the athlete's bank account. The interpreter, identified as Katsuyuki Mizuhara, used the money to cover gambling debts and other expenses. He pleaded guilty last year to charges of bank and tax fraud.
was sentenced Thursday to nearly five years in prison for bank and tax fraud after he stole nearly $17 million from the Los Angeles Dodgers player’s bank account., 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 after pleading guilty last year.
“I am truly, deeply sorry for what I have done,” Mizuhara said. “I am prepared to be punished for it.”Mizuhara has acknowledged using the money to cover his growing gambling bets and debts with an illegal bookmaker, in addition to $325,000 worth ofActing U.S. Attorney Joseph T.
Mizuhara accessed Ohtani’s account beginning in 2021 and changed its security protocols so he could impersonate him to authorize wire transfers. By 2024, Mizuhara had used the money to buy about $325,000 worth of baseball cards at online resellers and had bet tens of millions of dollars that weren’t his to wager on international soccer, the NBA, the NFL and college football. Prosecutors said Mizuhara never bet on baseball.
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