Mizuhara served as Ohtani's interpreter after Ohtani came to the U.S. in 2018 to play baseball.
FILE - Los Angeles Dodgers ' Shohei Ohtani , left, and interpreter Ippei Mizuhara answer questions during a news conference at Dodger Stadium on Dec. 14, 2023, in Los Angeles.
"In September 2021, Mizuhara began gambling with an illegal sports book and, several months later, started losing substantial sums of money, the affidavit states," according to the DOJ. "During this time, the contact information on Ohtani’s bank account allegedly was changed to link the account to Mizuhara’s phone number and to an anonymous email address connected to Mizuhara."Mizuhara is expected to make an initial court appearance around 4 p.m. ET in downtown Los Angeles.
"Major League Baseball has been gathering information since we learned about the allegations involving Shohei Ohtani and Ippei Mizuhara from the news media,"
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