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The former translator of Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani has agreed to plead guilty to illegally transferring $17 million out of the baseball phenom's account without his knowledge, authorities said Wednesday.
SANTA ANA, California (Reuters) -- Japanese baseball great Shohei Ohtani's former interpreter pleaded guilty on Tuesday to stealing nearly $17 million from the athlete's bank account to pay off his own gambling debts, according to U.S. prosecutors.
The former interpreter for Major League Baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani turned himself into authorities Friday morning, a day after he wasfederally charged with stealing more than $16 million from the Los Angeles Dodgers player to make illegal sports bets.
LOS ANGELES — Japanese baseball star Shohei Ohtani's former interpreter was charged on Thursday (April 11) with bank fraud for stealing US$16 million (S$21 million) from the Los Angeles Dodgers slugger to cover gambling debts, according to court documents.
Shohei Ohtani's former translator Ippei Mizuhara allegedly stole more than $16 million from the Los Angeles Dodgers star to cover millions of dollars of gambling debts, the U.S. attorney's office announced Thursday.
(Reuters) -- Japanese baseball star Shohei Ohtani's former interpreter has been charged with bank fraud for stealing millions of dollars from the Los Angeles Dodgers player to cover gambling debts, U.S. officials announced at a news conference on Thursday.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The former longtime interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani is being charged with federal bank fraud for crimes involving gambling debts and theft of more than $16 million from the Japanese sensation, federal authorities said Thursday.