In April 2024, Mizuhara was charged with stealing nearly $17 million from Ohtani, most of which was transferred directly from Ohtani's bank account to an account registered to an illegal bookmaker. He was fired by the Dodgers from his job as Ohtani's interpreter after the allegations came to light in March 2024.

Matthew Bowyer, a bookmaker for Shohei Ohtani’s former interpreter Ippei Mizuhara, opens up to The Post in his first public interview.

In the ongoing fraud trial of Ippei Mizuhara, the former interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani, prosecutors during the sentencing phase submitted an audio recording in which Mizuhara is alleged to have impersonated Ohtani in a call with a bank in an attempt to secure a $200,

Ippei Mizuhara, the ex-interpreter for Shohei Ohtani, pretended to be the Dodgers superstar in a call to a bank.

Ippei Mizuhara was just dealt a major blow in his defense in the Shohei Ohtani $17 million bank fraud case. The longtime translator was accused of stealing millions from Ohtani to pay for various things, including gambling debts. According to ESPN, Mizuhara bet with Ohtani's money frequently, though never on baseball.

Federal prosecutors said Thursday that there is no evidence Ippei Mizuhara, the ex-interpreter of Shohei Ohtani, suffered from a gambling addiction, as he claimed when he asked a judge to limit his sentence to 18 months.