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

He was ordered to pay $18 million in restitution, with nearly $17 million going to Shohei Ohtani and the remainder to the IRS.

Ohtani, who worked almost exclusively out of the stretch with the Angels, has thrown primarily out of the windup during his first two bullpen sessions this spring. The three-time MVP says he wants ...

Ippei Mizuhara, the former interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani, was sentenced by a judge Thursday in a ...

Ippei Mizuhara, the former interpreter convicted of stealing nearly $17 million from Shohei Ohtani, was sentenced to 57 months in prison on Thursday, according to The Athletic's Sam Blum.

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — The former interpreter for baseball star Shohei Ohtani is set to be sentenced for bank and tax fraud after he stole nearly $17 million from the Los Angeles Dodgers player’s ...

Ippei Mizuhara, the former interpreter for Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani, has been sentenced to more than four years in federal prison for stealing nearly $17 million from the Japanese baseball ...

Ippei Mizuhara admitted to stealing nearly $17 million to pay gambling debts. Ippei Mizuhara, the former interpreter for MLB star Shohei Ohtani, was sentenced to nearly five years in federal ...

Shohei Ohtani’s ex-interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, sent a letter to Judge John W. Holcomb, asking for leniency in his sentencing and outlining the reasons for his gambling issues. Mizuhara ...

Ippei Mizuhara, Shohei Ohtani‘s former interpreter, has been sentenced to five years in prison for siphoning millions of dollars from the superstar baseball player, NBC News reported on Thursday.