Ippei Mizuhara, Shohei Ohtani’s former longtime interpreter and confidant, was sentenced to 57 months in federal prison.

​​SANTA ANA, Calif. — A federal judge sentenced Ippei Mizuhara, the former interpreter convicted of defrauding Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani, to five years in prison, at a sentencing hearing inside Orange County Superior Court on Thursday.

Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani's former interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, has been sentenced to 57 months in prison after stealing nearly $17

The former interpreter for Japanese baseball star Shohei Ohtani is expected to be sentenced for bank and tax fraud after he stole nearly $17 million from the Dodgers player’s bank account.

Mizuhara was charged with bank fraud, alleged to have transferred more than $16M from Ohtani’s account to the betting ring.

Nearly a year after it first rocked the baseball world, we finally have a resolution to the Ippei Mizuhara scandal. Shohei Ohtani's former translator and close confidante, who was convicted of defrauding the Los Angeles Dodgers superstar of millions of dollars,

U.S. District Judge John W. Holcomb sentenced former interpreter Ippei Mizuhara, who stole nearly $17 million from Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani to pay for gambling debts, to 57 months in prison on Thursday,

Ippei Mizuhara, the former interpreter convicted of stealing nearly $17 million from Shohei Ohtani, was sentenced to 57 months in prison on Thursday, according to The Athletic's Sam Blum.

Ippei Mizuhara agreed to a plea deal last spring related to what authorities described as a years-long scheme to steal almost $17 million from Ohtani.

Ippei Mizuhara was sentenced in federal court after stealing nearly $17 million from the Los Angeles Dodgers player’s bank account.