The Department of Justice announced on Thursday that the former interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani faces federal charges over allegations he stole millions from MLB’s highest-paid player in a gambling scheme. During a press briefing, United States Attorney Martin Estrada said that Ippei Mizuhara had been charged with bank fraud for allegedly stealing over $16 million from Ohtani to finance his voracious appetite for illegal sports betting. The DOJ claimed that Mizuhara had helped Ohtani, who did not speak or understand English, to open his bank account in Arizona in 2018 an…
