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Ippei Mizuhara pretended to be Shohei Ohtani during fraudulent $200K wire transfer attempt, bombshell audio reveals

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Ippei Mizuhara , the ex-interpreter for Shohei Ohtani , pretended to be the Dodgers star in a call to a bank as he attempted to get a $ 200,000 wire transfer cleared from one of the ballplayer’s accounts.

The audio recording had been obtained from the Justice Department and showed how he had gotten around the bank's security measures by having the player's bank information routed to his phone and email.

Prosecutors are expected to recommend a prison sentence of nearly five years and pay restitution.

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