AP —Baseball star Shohei Ohtani wants his former interpreter to hand over hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of baseball cards he says were fraudulently bought using his money.
The legal filing alleges Mizuhara accessed Ohtani’s bank account beginning around November 2021, changing his security protocols so that he could impersonate him to authorize wire transfers.
By 2024, Mizuhara had used that money to buy about $325,000 worth of baseball cards at online resellers eBay and Whatnot, according to the court documents.
Ippei Mizuhara, the former interpreter for the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball star Shohei Ohtani, leaves federal court in Santa Ana, California, on June 4, 2024.
Earlier this year, Ohtani and the Dodgers won the World Series, and the baseball star won his third Most Valuable Player award.
Persons:
Shohei Ohtani, Ippei Mizuhara, Mizuhara, Michael G, Freedman, Shohei, Damian Dovarganes, Ohtani —, —
Organizations:
—, Los Angeles Dodgers, Derby, American League MVP, Los Angeles Angels, MLB, NBA, NFL, Dodgers
Locations:
Santa Ana , California, Arizona, Japan