Ippei Mizuhara, the former interpreter for baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani, has been sentenced to nearly five years in prison, including three years supervised release, for defrauding the Los Angeles Dodgers player of almost $17 million.
The sentencing, which took place on Thursday in a federal court in Santa Ana, California, marks the finale for a case that has caught the attention of international media and sent shockwaves throughout the baseball community.
