Shohei Ohtani's translator gets just under 5 years for stealing $17 million from Dodgers ace
SANTA ANA, Calif. (CN) - The former longtime friend and translator of Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Shohei Ohtani was sentenced to 57 months in federal prison Thursday for stealing nearly $17 million from the Major League Baseball star to pay his massive gambling debts.
Ippei Mizuhara, 40, was also ordered to pay $16,975,010 in restitution to Ohtani and another $1,149,400 at his sentencing hearing in Santa Ana