What to Know
- Ippei Mizuhara faces federal bank fraud charges in the the theft of millions of dollars from the account of Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani.
- Mizuhara accompanied Ohtani to a bank branch in Arizona when they opened the account in 2018, prosecutors say.
- He surrendered Friday morning to federal authorities ahead of an initial court appearance.
Federal bank fraud charges were announced Thursday against Shohei Ohtani’s former interpreter, who is accused of stealing millions from the baseball star’s account to support a “voracious appetite” for gambling.
Prosecutors discussed the charges against Ippei Mizuhara, 39, at a news conference in Los Angeles, claiming that Mizuhara used $16 million stolen from Ohtani’s…
