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Ohtani's interpreter stole $16 million

Posted by CanHartlebHireSnider <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=CanHartlebHireSnider' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 11, 2024, 12:42:38

Ippei Mizuhara, Shohei Ohtani's longtime interpreter and confidant, has been charged with bank fraud after it was discovered he transferred more than $16M from Ohtani's account to an alleged illegal sports book, federal authorities announced in L.A. court.
— Alden González (@Alden_Gonzalez) April 11, 2024

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Wild. I'm curious what the bookie's impression of who was betting because $16 million is crazy number.

This story is such bullshit. No way Ohtani didn’t know*

Posted by Mrap24 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Mrap24' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 11, 2024, 18:22:01, in reply to "Ohtani's interpreter stole $16 million"

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Ippei Mizuhara, Shohei Ohtani's longtime interpreter and confidant, has been charged with bank fraud after it was discovered he transferred more than $16M from Ohtani's account to an alleged illegal sports book, federal authorities announced in L.A. court. — Alden González (@Alden_Gonzalez) April 11, 2024 .

Wild. I'm curious what the bookie's impression of who was betting because $16 million is crazy number.

Agreed, he stole like 20% of Ohtanis net worth at the time

Posted by bigbop85 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=bigbop85' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 12, 2024, 9:56:45, in reply to "This story is such bullshit. No way Ohtani didn’t know*"

Makes no sense.

Reading the complaint it seems pretty clear it was Mizuhara

Posted by CanHartlebHireSnider <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=CanHartlebHireSnider' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 11, 2024, 18:26:51, in reply to "This story is such bullshit. No way Ohtani didn’t know*"

The government lays it all out pretty well. There's a ton of information and evidence.

Plus I don't think this dude is going to do all that time just to stand up for Ohtani.

He's going to jail for a long time.

japanese culture is different, if rising sun taught me anything*

Posted by torinese <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=torinese' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 12, 2024, 9:37:50, in reply to "Reading the complaint it seems pretty clear it was Mizuhara"

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He grew up in the US. I still don't think this dude is going to take decade plus prison stint

Posted by CanHartlebHireSnider <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=CanHartlebHireSnider' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 12, 2024, 10:31:12, in reply to "japanese culture is different, if rising sun taught me anything*"

For Ohtani.

It's all laid pretty well in the complaint how Ohtani was the victim. There's tons of actual evidence.

I've noticed the people that keep trying to push the conspiracy theories tend not have actually looked at any of the evidence.

But I guess in today's culture people just make up what they want to believe regardless of what is laid before them.

Agree. Evidence seems pretty legit. History is littered with rich athletes who have no idea

Posted by voiceofreason <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=voiceofreason' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 12, 2024, 10:45:05, in reply to "He grew up in the US. I still don't think this dude is going to take decade plus prison stint"

what is going on with their bank accounts.

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If anything it just paints Ohtani as super naive*

Posted by CWR10 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=CWR10' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 12, 2024, 10:34:42, in reply to "He grew up in the US. I still don't think this dude is going to take decade plus prison stint"

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i haven't read anything, i just wanted to make a reference to a book/movie*

Posted by torinese <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=torinese' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 12, 2024, 10:32:31, in reply to "He grew up in the US. I still don't think this dude is going to take decade plus prison stint"

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Sorry. My post inside wasn't really directed at you.

Posted by CanHartlebHireSnider <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=CanHartlebHireSnider' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 12, 2024, 10:52:19, in reply to "i haven't read anything, i just wanted to make a reference to a book/movie*"

More to the broader things I see that frustrate when so much evidence is laid out and people still claim the story is bs.

I can also see someone as rich as Ohtani not ever seeing his account balances*

Posted by ISeeDeadHawkeyes <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ISeeDeadHawkeyes' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 12, 2024, 10:32:25, in reply to "He grew up in the US. I still don't think this dude is going to take decade plus prison stint"

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That’s ¥2,450,000,000*

Posted by timmer <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=timmer' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 11, 2024, 13:55:15, in reply to "Ohtani's interpreter stole $16 million"

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(for rent)

this story keeps getting wilder*

Posted by reggiedunlop <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=reggiedunlop' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 11, 2024, 13:52:55, in reply to "Ohtani's interpreter stole $16 million"

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Ippei lost $40 million?!?!

Posted by CanHartlebHireSnider <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=CanHartlebHireSnider' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 11, 2024, 13:52:02, in reply to "Ohtani's interpreter stole $16 million"

How did he pay for the other $24 million?

How did the bookie accept all these bets?

So many more questions.

Still a lot that doesn’t make sense

Posted by OB25 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=OB25' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 11, 2024, 14:00:21, in reply to "Ippei lost $40 million?!?!"

He placed 19,000 bets over a 26 month period, winning $142M and losing $183M. How did Ohtani not realize this money was missing for all that time? How was there even that much money to steal?

Oh and a degenerate criminal gambler who is willing to steal tens of millions of dollars from his employer/friend and places nearly 20,000 bets in a 2 year period is drawing an ethical line of not betting on the one sport he has inside knowledge of?

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How did he pay for the other $24 million?

How did the bookie accept all these bets?

So many more questions.

When something is happening, young people like to say it’s “lit.”

I think the reporting of gambling stories does a disservice

Posted by CanHartlebHireSnider <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=CanHartlebHireSnider' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 11, 2024, 14:04:45, in reply to "Still a lot that doesn’t make sense"

It’s not like Ippei took $183 million out of the account.

That money is rolled over time and time again. It’s all the same money.

As for how did he not know the money was missing Ippei set up the bank account for Ohtani and then turned off all notifications to Ohtani and his representatives. He also lied to the bank.

The bank probably didn’t think to get their own interpreter or contact Ohtani directly.

I agree there’s still a lot of questions. Like how did Ohtani not know that Ippei was gambling so much even if he didn’t realize it was his money?

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