Federal prosecutors on Thursday disclosed a nearly four-minute audio recording which they said showed Ippei Mizuhara, the former interpreter convicted of defrauding Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani, attempting to push through a $200,000 wire transfer from one of the player’s accounts.
The recording, obtained by The Athletic from the Department of Justice, was mentioned in a court filing in which prosecutors recommended a nearly five-year sentence and restitution for Mizuhara. He pleaded guilty to bank fraud and filing a false tax return after stealing nearly $17 million from Ohtani. Mizuhara is scheduled to be sentenced Feb. 6.
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In his own filing in the U.S. District Court for the Central District
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