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Shohei Ohtani s former interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, was declared guilty on June 4 by a federal judge in California. Mizuhara (39) appeared in federal district court in California, where he entered a guilty plea as part of a plea agreement.
Ippei Mizuhara, formerly the interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani, has pleaded guilty to two charges including bank fraud over the theft of nearly $17 million from one of the baseball player's accounts to cover gambling debts and other personal expenses.