Ippei Mizuhara, the former interpreter of Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani, pleaded guilty to bank and tax fraud on Tuesday and admitted to stealing nearly $17 million from the Japanese phenom to pay off sports betting debts.
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