Federal prosecutors on Thursday filed a brief reiterating a 57-month sentencing request for Ippei Mizuhara, the former interpreter convicted of defrauding Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei ...

LOS ANGELES--Federal authorities allege Ippei Mizuhara, the former longtime interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani, stole more than $16 million from the two-way baseball ...

A nearly four-minute audio recording allegedly captured Shohei Ohtani’s former interpreter Ippei Mizuhara impersonating the baseball star on a call with a bank as he attempted to transfer $ ...

Federal prosecutors said no evidence backs up Ippei Mizuhara's claims that he suffered from a gambling addiction, which led to massive debts, according to court documents. Mizuhara, the former ...

Shohei Ohtani's former interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, faces sentencing after admitting to stealing millions of dollars from the MLB star. However, federal prosecutors have challenged his claim that ...

Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, was unexpectedly at the center of the baseball world on Wednesday when he was fired after he allegedly was involved in a “massive theft” of the ...

Ippei's gambling losses totaled more than $40 million. Ippei made around 19,000 wagers, nearly 25 bets per day on average. Ippei impersonated Ohtani on the phone to hide bank fraud.

The scandal surrounding Ippei Mizuhara shocked baseball fans from the U.S. to Japan when the news broke in March. Mizuhara will plead guilty to one count of bank fraud and one count of subscribing ...

Prior to Shohei Ohtani’s MVP season with the Los Angeles Dodgers really getting into full swing, news broke of his former interpreter Ippei Mizuhara’s involvement in a handful of illegal ...