The former interpreter for baseball star Shohei Ohtani was sentenced Thursday to nearly five years in prison for bank and tax fraud after he stole nearly $17 million from the Los Angeles Dodgers player’s bank account. Ippei Mizuhara, who was supposed to bridge the gap between the Japanese athlete and his English-speaking teammates and fans, was sentenced in federal court in Santa Ana to four years and nine months after pleading guilty last year. MORE: https://www.wthr.com/article/news/nation-world/ohtanis-ex-interpreter-sentenced/507-b54ac2cb-5dec-484a-ad8e-52afc2242610