Ohtani once eschewed the Dodgers for the Angels, and got stuck in a six-year playoff drought. The Dodgers’ new Japanese rookie phenom Sasaki made a different call.
A new audio obtained by The Athletic shows Shohei Ohtani's former interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, impersonating Ohtani to wire $200,000.
Ippei Mizuhara, the former interpreter for Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani, is seeking leniency in his federal fraud case, court documents show.
The Dodgers introduced right-handed pitcher Roki Sasaki to the Los Angeles media on Wednesday, holding a press conference at Dodger Stadium. Just last week, Sasaki agreed to join the Dodgers after an extensive free-agent recruitment process that included multiple meetings with the Toronto Blue Jays and San Diego Padres.
Ippei Mizuhara, the ex-interpreter for Shohei Ohtani, pretended to be the Dodgers superstar in a call to a bank.
Throughout Roki Sasaki’s highly anticipated posting process and free agency, the Dodgers knew the main pillars they wanted their courtship to be built upon.
Shohei Ohtani's former interpreter and confidante, Ippei Mizuhara, is still awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to defrauding the Los Angeles Dodgers star of some $17 million, but more details continue to trickle out about the exact nature of Mizuhara's crimes.
Shohei Ohtani and his wife Mamiko Tanaka are expecting their first child. Ohtani’s Los Angeles Dodgers teammate Mookie Betts has some advice.
Federal prosecutors say a nearly four-minute audio recording allegedly captured Shohei Ohtani's former interpreter Ippei Mizuhara impersonating the baseball star on a call with a bank as he attempted to transfer $200,
A new piece of evidence has come to light after the Dodgers star was deceived by his interpreter, who stole nearly $20 million.
Federal prosecutors on Thursday disclosed a nearly four-minute audio recording which they said showed Ippei Mizuhara, the former interpreter convicted of defrauding Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani, attempting to push through a $200,000 wire transfer from one of the player’s accounts.