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.

Nearly a year after it first rocked the baseball world, we finally have a resolution to the Ippei Mizuhara scandal. Shohei Ohtani's former translator and close confidante, who was convicted of defrauding the Los Angeles Dodgers superstar of millions of dollars,

Ippei Mizuhara admitted to quietly siphoning millions of dollars from the baseball superstar to pay off lost wagers.