After a criminal investigation took place, authorities determined that Ippei Mizuhara committed bank fraud.
What does this have to do with baseball?
Well, Mizuhara is known in the baseball business for being Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter and friend for years, until last month.
The current Los Angeles Dodgers star had money taken from his bank account, according to authorities, and Mizuhara was the alleged perpetrator of the crime.
Reports indicate that he had taken over $16 million to cover gambling-related debts.
Sports gambling is illegal in the state of California, but that’s the least of Mizuhara’s problems: let’s just say the biggest one, at the moment, is the fact he reportedly stole $16 million from Ohtani’s account.
Fans, of course, weren’t shy to voice out their opinions on the matter via Twitter.
Some users are asking legitimate questions about what happened, wondering how Ohtani missed what was happening.
How is this even possible? How does Ohtani or his accountant or someone else on his team not notice $18 million is missing? Something more is up here that isn’t being released.
— Dan Zielinski III (@DanZielinski3) April 11, 2024
How is that even possible?
— Kody Duncan (@KodyDuncanPGH) April 11, 2024
I too, on the occasion, don’t notice $16 million dollars missing from my bank account. Oops.
— Al Scott (@AlScott1998) April 11, 2024
Riiiight
— Scott Jacobsen (@statsobsession) April 11, 2024
It’s safe to say that the overall sentiment was that there is something missing from the news and reports.
Nobody knows if that’s the case and, if so, what exactly is it.
But that’s the feeling among fans.
A small percentage of people just focused on celebrating the fact Ohtani is, at least for now, completely off the hook:
my goat is saved pic.twitter.com/LUuabJRemv
— cam (@easymoneycam1) April 11, 2024
Yet a lot of people in the comments still have suspicions on Ohtani being covered from wrongdoing:
Shohei asked him to cover
— Not Jake (@CincyHub) April 11, 2024
Fans can’t know for sure whether Ohtani was involved or aware, but the fact is that Mizuhara is facing some serious consequences for the gambling and bank fraud scandal.
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