Ippei Mizuhara, the former translator for Shohei Ohtani, is in negotiations to plead guilty to federal crimes stemming from allegations that he stole millions of dollars from the Los Angeles Dodgers star, sources told Tim Arango and Michael S. Schmidt of The New York Times.
Prosecutors have discovered evidence that Mizuhara may have taken more than the $4.5 million he was initially accused of stealing, Arango and Schmidt report. There’s also reportedly a belief that Mizuhara was able to change the settings on Ohtani’s bank account to keep him in the dark about the removal of his funds.
Ohtani denied any knowledge of Mizuhara’s gambling during a press conference in late March.
