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As the Dodgers welcome Shohei Ohtani on the mound for the first time, his former interpreter is now reporting to prison.
Shohei Ohtani's ex-interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, began a 57-month prison term after pleading guilty to bank fraud and filing false tax returns in $17 million.
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Ippei Mizuhara, the former interpreter who stole nearly $17 million from Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani, is in federal prison in Pennsylvania after being ordered to surrender to federal authorities by Monday,
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According to ESPN's Alden Gonzalez, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Ohtani will throw a simulated game in the coming days, and it could "potentially" be his last. Ohtani could also join the pitching rotation "sooner rather than later," possibly within the next week.
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