Overview

• Mizuhara pleaded guilty in June 2024 to bank fraud and filing a false tax return after placing about 19,000 bets and accruing over $40 million in gambling debt
• A U.S. district judge sentenced him in February to 57 months in federal prison and ordered more than $18 million in restitution, including nearly $17 million to Ohtani and about $1.15 million to the IRS
• On June 16, he reported to the low-security Federal Correctional Institution Allenwood Low in Pennsylvania after a judge granted a sealed delay of his original March surrender date
• Authorities say Mizuhara exploited his role to impersonate Ohtani and authorize wire transfers totaling nearly $17 million to an illegal bookmaker, a scheme uncovered by an ESPN investigation that led to his firing
• Hours after Mizuhara’s arrival in custody, Ohtani—never implicated in the fraud—made his first MLB pitching appearance since right elbow surgery