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The former performer of the star of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Shohei Ohtani, Ipei Mizuhara, on Monday informed the federal prison in Pennsylvania, Mizuhara’s lawyer, Michael Freedman, confirmed Pak Gazette Digital.
Mizuhara was sentenced to 57 months in prison for stealing almost $ 17 million from Ohtani to pay for game debts.
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Los Angeles Shohei Ohtani Dodgers Player, and Interpreter IPPEI Mizuhara (Kirby Lee-USA Today Sports)
Federal prosecutors requested a 57 -month prison sentence and at the same time asked Mizuhara to pay $ 16.9 million restitution to Ohtani and another $ 1.1 million to the IRS.
The Dodgers shot Mizuhara in March 2024.
Federal investigators filed a complaint against Mizuhara on April 11. A day later, he He gave himself to the police, The Department of Justice confirmed.
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IPPEI Mizuhara (AP Photo/Eric Thayer, Archive)
Mizuhara declared himself guilty of bank fraud and presenting a fake tax declaration in June 2024, admitting that he placed around 19,000 bets with the betting corridor for a period of two years and accumulated more than $ 40 million in debt.
The designated angels dodgers Shohei Ohtani, on the left, speaks with the translator Ipei Mizuhara (Mark J. Rebilas-USA Today Sports)
Ohtani approached publicly The game scandal at the end of March, saying that he had never presented a sports bet and that Mizuhara’s story about paying his game debt of $ 4.5 million was manufactured.
Initially, Mizuhara was ordered to inform the prison in March, but a federal judge granted a delay. No reason for delay has been revealed.
