Ippei Mizuhara reported to federal prison on Monday to begin his 5-year sentence, as Shohei Ohtani made his long-awaited ...

Mizuhara, who was Ohtani’s close friend and had worked with the pitcher since 2017, reportedly was in federal custody and and appeared in a Los Angeles court on Friday afternoon.

Ippei Mizuhara, the former interpreter for baseball star Shohei Ohtani, surrenders to a federal prison in Pennsylvania, beginning a nearly five-year sentence.

Mizuhara, 39, was fired by the Dodgers on March 21 amid news reports that at least $4.5 million was wired from Ohtani’s accounts to an alleged illegal bookmaker, Mathew Bowyer.

Ippei Mizuhara, the former interpreter of Shohei Ohtani, was officially sentenced in court on Thursday for stealing millions of dollars from the Los Angeles Dodgers superstar to pay off his ...

Ippei Mizuhara, the former interpreter for baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani, pleaded guilty to two felony charges of bank fraud and filing a false tax return and was ordered to pay nearly $17 ...

Ippei Mizuhara, the former interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani, is expected to enter a guilty plea on one count of bank fraud and one count of subscribing to a false tax return ...

Ippei Mizuhara, the former interpreter for Shohei Ohtani, made his first court appearance Friday afternoon on charges that he stole more than $16 million from the Dodgers superstar to cover debts ...

Mizuhara told ESPN that he bet on sports such as soccer and football but never baseball. “I’m very saddened and shocked that someone I trusted has done this,” Ohtani said about Mizuhara.

Mizuhara, who allegedly had access to Ohtani's bank account at some point, is said to have stolen upwards of $4.5 million from the two-time MVP and sent the money to Matthew Bowyer, ...

Mizuhara’s winning bets totaled over $142 million, which he deposited in his own bank account and not Ohtani’s. His losing bets were around $183 million, a net loss of nearly $41 million. He ...