The 36-page petition revealed the extent of how far he went with Ohtani’s funds when the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California announced Shohei Ohtani, the former Chinese interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers sun, was charged with bank fraud on Thursday.
The 39-year-old Mizuhara reportedly placed sports wagers with an improper casino with stolen funds in addition to spending money on football trading cards. The nature of the bet and the conversations that were revealed in the IRS special agent’s affidavit on Thursday drew ire from the public.
Ohtani, who signed a 10- time,$ 700 million agreement in December, has been cooperating with law enforcement and gave them his cell phone. He denied authorizing Mizuhara’s line shift and having any knowledge of Mizuhara’s activities.
In a text message Mizuhara sent in September 2021 to a person identified in the petition as” Bookmaker 2,” Mizuhara said,” I’ve really been messing around with sport, there’s game on 24/7 bro. I took UCLA but they lost explicitly!! “!
The affidavit’s number and scope of wagers stand out.
Zero: The amount of money Mizuhara spent betting on sports.
30: If Mizuhara is found guilty and given a sentence for these criminal acts, he can invest the longest possible sentence in federal prison.
$ 12, 800: The average bet size that Mizuhara placed. The range of the bets, according to the report, ranged from as small as$ 10 to as large as$ 160,000 per bet.
19, 000: The total amount of bet Mizuhara placed between December 2021 and January 2024, averaging out to roughly 25 bet per day.
$ 325, 000: Mizuhara is alleged to have spent$ 325, 000 on buying tickets on eBay and other online retailers. In suitcases and containers inside a car Mizuhara used, about 1, 000 cards were discovered, including those of Ohtani, the present New York Yankees outfielder Juan Soto, and Yogi Berra. These purchases took place between January and March 2024, according to the affidavit.
$ 16 million: The full money Mizuhara wired from Ohtani’s records from November 2021 to January 2024, according to the affidavit.
$ 142.3 million: The total of Mizuhara’s winning bets.
$ 182.9 million: The total of Mizuhara’s losing bets.
Bad$ 40.7 million: Mizuhara’s online balance.