LOS ANGELES: The former Japanese-language translator for Shohei Ohtani was charged with bank fraud on Thursday (Apr 11) for allegedly stealing more than US$16 million from the Los Angeles Dodgers sup
was charged with bank fraud on Thursday for allegedly stealing more than US$16 million from the Los Angeles Dodgers superstar to pay off gambling debts.
According to the Justice Department, Mizuhara transferred more than US$16 million from Ohtani's bank account"to pay off his own substantial gambling debts incurred with an illegal bookmaking operation". "Mizuhara allegedly told Ohtani's US-based financial professionals, none of whom spoke Japanese, that Ohtani denied them access to the account," the department added.
"He used and abused that position of trust in order to take advantage of Mr Ohtani and to feed his insatiable appetite for sports betting," Estrada said, adding that Mizuhara"committed fraud on a massive scale." The complaint detailed that contact information on Ohtani's bank account was later changed to link it to Mizuhara's phone number and to an anonymous email address connected to Mizuhara, the affidavit said.
The Justice Department said Ohtani, in an interview with law enforcement, had denied authorising Mizuhara's wire transfers.
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