Shohei Ohtani's former interpreter reports to prison for stealing nearly $17 million

The erstwhile interpreter of Los Angeles Dodgers prima Shohei Ohtani, Ippei Mizuhara, reported to national situation successful Pennsylvania connected Monday, Mizuhara's lawyer Michael Freedman confirmed to Fox News Digital. 

Mizuhara was sentenced to 57 months successful situation for stealing astir $17 cardinal from Ohtani to wage disconnected gambling debts. 

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Los Angeles Dodgers subordinate Shohei Ohtani, right, and then-interpreter Ippei Mizuhara (Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports)

Federal prosecutors asked for a 57-month situation condemnation portion besides asking Mizuhara to wage $16.9 cardinal of restitution to Ohtani and different $1.1 cardinal to the IRS.

The Dodgers fired Mizuhara successful March 2024.

Federal investigators filed a ailment against Mizuhara connected April 11. One time later, helium turned himself successful to instrumentality enforcement, the Department of Justice confirmed.

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Ippei Mizuhara (AP Photo/Eric Thayer, File)

Mizuhara pleaded blameworthy to slope fraud and filing a mendacious taxation instrumentality successful June 2024, admitting that helium placed astir 19,000 bets with the bookie implicit a two-year play and accumulated implicit $40 cardinal successful debt.

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Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani, left, talks with translator Ippei Mizuhara (Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports)

Ohtani publically addressed the gambling ungraded successful precocious March, saying helium had ne'er placed a sports stake and that Mizuhara's communicative astir paying disconnected his $4.5 cardinal gambling indebtedness was fabricated.

Mizuhara was initially ordered to study to situation successful March, but a national justice granted a delay. No crushed for the hold has been disclosed.

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