Ippei Mizuhara, the disgraced former interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers celebrity Shohei Ohtani, is in federal jail in Pennsylvania, a spokesperson for the Federal Bureau of Prisons advised ESPN on Monday.
Mizuhara, 40, was ordered to give up to federal authorities by Monday. He’s in custody at Federal Correctional Establishment Allenwood Low, a low-security facility, after being sentenced to 57 months in jail for stealing practically $17 million from Ohtani.
Mizuhara was initially ordered to report back to jail in March, however a federal choose granted the delay. The explanations for the delay stay beneath seal.
Mizuhara’s legal professional declined ESPN’s request for remark, however beforehand said that he expects Mizuhara, a Japanese citizen, to ultimately be deported.
The Dodgers fired Mizuhara in March 2024 after an ESPN investigation revealed he despatched tens of millions in wire transfers from Ohtani’s account to an unlawful bookmaker. He pleaded responsible to financial institution fraud and submitting a false tax return in June 2024, admitting that he positioned about 19,000 bets with the bookie over a two-year interval and gathered over $40 million in debt.
The bookmaker, Mathew Bowyer, pleaded responsible in August to operating an unlawful playing enterprise, cash laundering and subscribing a false tax return. He’s awaiting sentencing.
