Ippei Mizuhara, the former interpreter for MLB star Shohei Ohtani, was sentenced to 57 months in federal prison on Thursday on charges related to stealing nearly $17 million from the Dodgers player.

Interpreter Ippei Mizuhara (left) was sentenced to nearly five years in prison for embezzling from Dodger star Shohei Ohtani (right) (Christian Petersen/Getty Images) The dramatic retelling of Los ...

Bookmaker Matthew Bowyer, who took sports bets from Shohei Ohtani's interpreter, could soon be in Nevada's "List of Excluded ...

Shohei Ohtani, Major League Baseball's highest-paid player, broke his silence Monday afternoon about a gambling scandal that prompted his team, the Los Angeles Dodgers, to fire his interpreter last ...

LOS ANGELES -- The former interpreter for Shohei Ohtani stole more than $16 million over two years from theLos Angeles Dodgers superstar to pay off gambling debts to an illegal sportsbook, according ...

LOS ANGELES — After 18 months of shopping the script, the proposed Lionsgate Television series based on the gambling scandal involving Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani's interpreter is in development ...

Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani, right, with his former interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood. (Ashley Landis / Associated Press) After 18 months of shopping the script, the ...