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Japanese baseball star Shohei Otani, s former interpreter will

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plead guilty to charges. He stole millions from the

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athlete's bank account to pay off his own gambling debts

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. The deal between federal prosecutors and Ipe Mizuhara was

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filed on Wednesday in US district court in Los Angeles

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where the case was first brought the one time translator

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and de facto manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers power

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hitting pitcher was accused of embezzling nearly$17 million from

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a bank account of Otani. He allegedly transferred the

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funds without the ball player's knowledge to an illegal bookmaking

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operation to cover his gambling debts. In the agreement

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. The 39 year old agreed to plead guilty to

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one count of felony bank fraud and one count of

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subscribing to a false tax return. A federal bank

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fraud conviction is punishable by up to 30 years in

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prison. Mizuhara is next due to appear in court

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on May 14 for a formal arraignment. According to

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a US attorney spokesperson, he would likely enter his

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plea at a subsequent hearing and be sentenced sometime after

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that. In the meantime, Mizuhara remains free on

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a$25,000 bond on condition he complies with the judge's

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order last month to undergo gambling addiction treatment and refrain

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from any contact with bookmakers, gambling establishments or o

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