Mizuhara was charged with bank fraud, alleged to have transferred more than $16M from Ohtani’s account to the betting ring.

Following the recent news regarding former MLB umpire Pat Hoberg’s termination for his involvement with a friend’s betting ...

​​SANTA ANA, Calif. — A federal judge sentenced Ippei Mizuhara, the former interpreter convicted of defrauding Los Angeles ...

Baseball star for the LA Dodgers, Shohei Ohtani, has seen his interpreter sentenced to prison after draining the athelete's ...

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

Ippei Mizuhara, a former interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani, was sentenced Thursday to four years and ...

Federal prosecutors released an audio recording in which they say Ippei Mizuhara impersonates Shohei Ohtani in an attempt to ...

But he eventually decided that he couldn't wait any longer to start his big-league career, much like Shohei Ohtani did once upon a time: Ohtani was just 23 when he left the Nippon-Ham Fighters for ...

Shohei Ohtani has always had a deep connection with LA since his time with the Los Angeles Angels. Los Angeles was the first city I stayed in and grew fond of over the years. The devastating LA ...

Could the next Shohei Ohtani be on the Athletics ... The bonus is the largest ever for a Japanese amateur outside of the Nippon Professional Baseball league, per MLB Pipeline.

"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 ...