
Ippei Mizuhara , the former interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani , is facing allegations of bank fraud after he was accused of "unlawfully transferring more than $16 million from a Major League Baseball player's bank account," the U.S. Attorney's Office (USAO) said on Thursday, April 11. According to a press release issued by the USAO , Central District of California, Mizuhara, 39, is accused of transferring the funds from 29-year-old Ohtani's account "without the player's knowledge or permission" in an effort to "pay off his own substantial...