​​SANTA ANA, Calif. — A federal judge sentenced Ippei Mizuhara, the former interpreter convicted of defrauding Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani, to five years in prison, at a sentencing ...

Shohei Ohtani has always had a deep connection with ... Recently, Ohtani showed his gratitude to the Los Angeles Fire Fighters by thanking them for their huge contribution. Ohtani visited the ...

A federal judge also ordered Ippei Mizuhara to pay back the money he stole — a sum all parties acknowledge he will never be able to repay.

Ippei Mizuhara had first come in contact with Shohei Ohtani in 2013 while the latter was playing for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters in the NPB. Mizuhara was later hired by the Los Angeles Angels ...

Baseball star Shohei Ohtani ex-interpreter, Ippei Mazuhara, is sentenced to nearly five years in prison for theft of more than 17 million dollars. The money was used to pay gambling debts.

Ippei Mizuhara, former interpreter for Shohei Ohtani, was sentenced to ... while both were employed by the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, Ohtani’s Nippon Professional Baseball club.

"Shohei Ohtani," Mizuhara replied ... who he first met while working as an interpreter for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters in Japan. "Usually when a Japanese baseball player makes the move ...

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