{"id":56178,"date":"2024-05-08T21:12:11","date_gmt":"2024-05-09T04:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=56178"},"modified":"2024-05-08T21:12:11","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T04:12:11","slug":"japanese-language-interpreter-admits-to-stealing-almost-17-million-from-major-league-baseball-players-bank-account","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=56178","title":{"rendered":"Japanese-Language Interpreter Admits to Stealing Almost $17 Million from Major League Baseball Player&#8217;s Bank Account"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0LOS ANGELES <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv3606440504MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3918 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Department-of-Justice-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Department-of-Justice-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Department-of-Justice-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Department-of-Justice.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The Justice Department announced Wednesday that a Japanese-language interpreter has agreed to plead guilty to federal criminal charges for illegally transferring almost $17 million from a Major League Baseball Player, Los Angeles Dodger Shohei Ohtani&#8217;s bank account<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv3606440504MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Ohtani didn&#8217;t know about the theft that Ippei Mizuhara allegedly committed\u2014without the player\u2019s knowledge or permission\u2014to pay off his substantial gambling debts incurred with an illegal bookmaking operation and for signing a false tax return.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv3606440504MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0Mizuhara, 39, of Newport Beach, has agreed to plead guilty to one count of bank fraud. He faces up to 30 years in prison.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv3606440504MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">He will also plead guilty to one count of subscribing to a false tax return, which carries a sentence of up to three years in federal prison.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv3606440504MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Mizuhara, charged in a two-count information filed today, is expected to enter a guilty plea in U.S. District Court in the coming weeks.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Shohei Ohtani&#039;s ex-interpreter Ippei Mizuhara charged\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RwKqBkKUzXU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><strong>(News Report, three weeks ago)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv3606440504MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u201cThe extent of this defendant\u2019s deception and theft is massive,\u201d said U.S. Attorney Martin Estrada. \u201cHe took advantage of his position of trust to take advantage of Mr. Ohtani and fuel a dangerous gambling habit. My office is committed to vindicating victims throughout our community and ensuring that wrongdoers face justice.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv3606440504MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u201cOur joint investigation with Homeland Security Investigations clearly showed Mr. Mizuhara not only stole from Mr. Ohtani but also lied to the IRS about his income,&#8221; said Special Agent in Charge Tyler Hatcher, IRS Criminal Investigation, Los Angeles Field Office.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv3606440504MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1381 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/irs2-300x244.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/irs2-300x244.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/irs2.jpg 443w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>According to his plea agreement, also filed today, Mizuhara was the translator and de facto manager of a professional baseball player identified in court documents as \u201cVictim A,\u201d who was, in fact, MLB star Shohei Ohtani. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv3606440504MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">As part of his job duties, Mizuhara regularly interacted with Ohtani\u2019s sports agents and financial advisors, who did not speak Japanese, on behalf of Ohtani, who did not speak English. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv3606440504MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Although Mizuhara was an employee of the Los Angeles Angels MLB team, for whom Ohtani played from 2018 to 2023, and, later, the Los Angeles Dodgers, for whom Ohtani has played since 2024, Ohtani paid him separately for the additional work of driving him to meetings and interpreting for non-baseball-related activities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv3606440504MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">In March 2018, Mizuhara accompanied Ohtani to a bank in Phoenix to help him open a bank account to deposit his MLB salary. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv3606440504MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Inside the bank branch, Mizuhara interpreted for Ohtani when the bank employee provided Ohtani with the login information for this bank account.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv3606440504MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Beginning in September 2021, Mizuhara began placing sports bets with an illegal bookmaker. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv3606440504MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Shortly thereafter, he began losing bets and quickly became indebted to the bookmaker. Unable to pay his gambling debts, Mizuhara orchestrated a scheme to deceive and cheat the bank to fraudulently obtain money from the account.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv3606440504MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 From no later than November 2021 to March 2024, Mizuhara used Ohtani\u2019s password to successfully sign into the bank account and then changed the account\u2019s security protocols without Ohtani\u2019s knowledge or permission.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv3606440504MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"> Specifically, Mizuhara changed the registered email address and telephone number on the account so that bank employees would call him\u2014not Ohtani\u2014when attempting to verify wire transfers from the account.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv3606440504MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">In furtherance of the scheme, Mizuhara impersonated Ohtani and used Ohtani\u2019s personal identification information to deceive the bank\u2019s employees into authorizing wire transfers from the bank account. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv3606440504MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">In total, Mizuhara called the bank and impersonated Ohtani on approximately 24 occasions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv3606440504MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">During this time, Mizuhara regularly logged into Ohtani\u2019s bank account and initiated wire transfers from the account to the bookmaker and his associates as payments for gambling debts. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv3606440504MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">For example, on June 20, 2023, Mizuhara accessed the account without Ohtani\u2019s permission and transferred $500,000 to one of the bookmaker\u2019s associates.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv3606440504MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">In addition, in September 2023, Mizuhara needed $60,000 worth of dental work, and Ohtani agreed to pay for it via a check drawn from a business account at a different bank. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv3606440504MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5414 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/U.S.-Department-of-Homeland-Security-300x184.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"362\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/U.S.-Department-of-Homeland-Security-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/U.S.-Department-of-Homeland-Security.jpg 584w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 362px) 100vw, 362px\" \/>However, Mizuhara provided his dentist Ohtani\u2019s debit card number for the bank account Ohtani had opened in Phoenix, charged $60,000 to that account, and then deposited the $60,000 check into Mizuhara\u2019s personal bank account.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv3606440504MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">From January 2024 to March 2024, Mizuhara purchased approximately $325,000 worth of baseball cards from online resellers such as eBay from Ohtani\u2019s bank account with the intent to resell them later and for his own personal benefit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv3606440504MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">When Ohtani\u2019s sports agent and financial advisors asked Mizuhara for access to the bank account, Mizuhara lied and said Ohtani did not want them to access the account because it was private. In fact, Mizuhara did not want them to know that he had been stealing from Ohtani and had fraudulently obtained more than $16,975,010 from him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv3606440504MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Mizuhara also admitted in his plea agreement that in February 2024 he willfully made and subscribed to a false individual federal income tax return for the tax year 2022. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv3606440504MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">On that tax return, Mizuhara falsely claimed that his total taxable income for that year was $136,865 when, in fact, he knew the amount was substantially higher and knowingly failed to report additional income of $4.1 million. The source of the unreported income was his scheme to defraud the bank.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv3606440504MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Under penalty of perjury, Mizuhara signed the false income tax return and admitted in his plea agreement that he owes approximately $1,149,400 in additional taxes for the tax year 2022, plus additional interest and penalties.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv3606440504MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The IRS Criminal Investigation and Homeland Security Investigations are investigating this matter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv3606440504MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Assistant U.S. Attorneys Jeff Mitchell of the Major Frauds Section, Dan Boyle of the Environmental Crimes and Consumer Protection Section, and Special Assistant United States Attorney Rachel N. 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