Ippei Mizuhara is set to surrender to federal authorities this spring to serve a 57-month sentence stemming from gambling-related crimes.
Shohei Ohtani’s former interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, has received a new date to report to federal prison for crimes related to his gambling. Mizuhara is scheduled to surrender to federal authorities by 12 May, according to court filings unsealed this week.
The disgraced confidant of the MLB star was sentenced to in February to 57 months imprisonment for embezzling $17 million (€15.8 million/£13.2 million) from Ohtani. The interpreter used the stolen funds to repay a portion of his sports gambling debts with an illegal California bookmaker.
The new date is nearly two months past Mizuhara’s initial reporting deadline of 24 March. Mizuhara pleaded guilty last June to one count of bank fraud and a count of signing a fraudulent tax return.
Delayed reporting date
Over a 37-month span, Mizuhara placed more than 19,000 wagers with an enterprise operate..
