The former interpreter for Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani is set for sentencing Thursday for bank and tax fraud in the theft of nearly $17 million from the three-time Major League Baseball MVP’s bank account.
Ippei Mizuhara was scheduled for sentencing early Thursday afternoon in Orange County in the stunning scandal involving a man who was part of the inner circle of one the world’s most famous athletes. Federal authorities are seeking a prison sentence of four years and nine months. Prosecutors also want Mizuhara to pay $17 million in restitution to Ohtani and $1 million to the Internal Revenue Service.
Mizuhara pleaded guilty last year to bank and tax fraud. He was accused of stealing large amounts of money to…
