The former interpreter for Japanese baseball star Shohei Ohtani is expected to be sentenced Thursday for bank and tax fraud ...

Ippei Mizuhara, former translator for LA Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani, was sentenced to 57 months in prison and $18.1 million ...

He said that Mizuhara took advantage of his close colleague as Ohtani tried to "navigate the world of baseball" as a non-English speaker who had just become a celebrity athlete in the U.S. "Today ...

He struggled to learn English but eventually did, and he returned to Japan in 2013 to become an interpreter for a Japanese baseball team and later for Ohtani, according to court filings.The two ...

SANTA ANA, Calif. -- The former interpreter for baseball star Shohei Ohtani is set to be sentenced for bank and tax fraud ...

McNally told reporters outside court that Mizuhara took advantage of Ohtani’s vulnerability as a non-English speaker trying to navigate the world of celebrity baseball — a high-profile example ...

He struggled to learn English but eventually did, and he returned to Japan in 2013 to become an interpreter for a Japanese baseball team and later for Ohtani, according to court filings.

Federal prosecutors are seeking a prison sentence of four years and nine months for Ippei Mizuhara, who was supposed to bridge the gap between Ohtani and his English-speaking teammates and fans as ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The former interpreter for Japanese baseball star Shohei Ohtani is expected to be sentenced Thursday for bank and tax fraud after he stole nearly $17 million from the Los ...