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Mizuhara pleads guilty to stealing $17m from Ohtani to pay gambling debt
On Tuesday (4 June) morning, former Shohei Ohtani interpreter Ippei Mizuhara pled guilty to two federal counts of stealing $17m from Ohtani. Mizuhara fell hard and fast into gambling debt with an illegal bookmaker. His sentencing is set for 25 October.
By Jill R. Dorson
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