Ippei Mizuhara’s “Gambling Addiction” is Serious Even though Shohei Otani is Confirmed to be Clean

Major leaguer Shohei Otani of the Dodgers has been “cleared” of all charges.

On April 11, investigators held a press conference to announce that they had filed charges against Ippei Mizuhara, a former professional interpreter for the Dodgers, in connection with his illegal gambling and illegal money transfers.

The conference was attended by special agents from the Internal Revenue Service, Japan’s equivalent of the IRS, and the Department of Homeland Security. U.S. Attorney Martin Estrada said there was no evidence that Otani authorized the transfer of funds from his account to the bookmaker.

‘We believe that Otani was a victim.’

He stated, “We believe that Otani was a victim.

According to reports from U.S. broadcaster ESPN and other sources, Mizuhara had illegally accessed Otani’s bank account and illegally transferred at least $16 million (¥2.45 billion) to an illegal bookmaker. The period was about two years, from December ’21 to January ’24. The number of bets placed is estimated to be about 19,000. The maximum imprisonment for bank fraud is 30 years.

The illegal gambling that Mr. Mizuhara engaged in was huge, with bets totaling a whopping $182.9 million (approximately ¥27.8 billion), and losses of $40.7 million (approximately ¥6.2 billion) after deducting winnings from bets, according to some sources. According to prosecutors, between January and March of this year, Mizuhara also purchased approximately 1,000 baseball cards under the alias “Jay Min. The total price of $325,000 (approximately 49 million yen) was transferred from Otani’s account.

According to initial reports, Mizuhara transferred $4.5 million (about ¥680 million) from Otani’s account to the “mastermind” Matthew Bowyer. It is not surprising that she had transferred more than three times that amount. ……

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I was surprised at the amount.

I don’t understand the nerve of someone who can spend 27.8 billion yen without permission.

This is a terrible betrayal.

Who is this Ippei-san we’ve been seeing all this time?

I wonder who Ippei has been watching all this time. Certainly, Mr. Mizuhara’s act is outrageous and must not be tolerated.

What is even more frightening, however, is the fact that he has a gambling addiction, which he has publicly announced.

Some people think that Mr. Mizuhara is using the term “gambling addiction” as an excuse to diminish his own responsibility, but his behavior is completely that of an addict. Whenever he loses money, he takes every possible means to get it back.

Even if the target is Shohei Otani, who is more than a business partner. They don’t stop to think about the risk of being found out. There is no fear of the amount of money. As long as there is money in front of them, they have no choice but to say ‘go'” (medical professional).

Atmospheric Shimoda, the son of writer Keiki Shimoda, who once suffered from gambling addiction, and a member of the Musashino City Council in Tokyo, wrote on his X (formerly Twitter)

He lied to my father and borrowed 5 million yen, lied to my mother and sold her car, and lied to my parents and sold their belongings, and finally went bankrupt!

And finally, he went bankrupt!

I think Ippei Mizuhara made it too, using his “firehouse power” to make money at any cost.

He synchronized his feelings with those of Ippei Mizuhara.

Regarding the method of money transfer, businessman Hiroyuki

“It’s impossible without stealing a smartphone or physical device.

Hiroyuki, a businessman, claimed, “It is impossible without stealing a smartphone or a physical device. At that point, Shimoda said, “Hiroyuki is a businessman, but he is not a person who can make a money transfer without Shohei Otani’s involvement.

Hiroyuki thinks it is impossible to send money without Shohei Otani’s knowledge, but I want him to know the horror of gambling addiction.

He was calling for the public to be aware of the horror of gambling addiction.

The MLB reporter for a sports newspaper commented on Mizuhara’s future

The scale of the damage has risen much higher than initially believed. The investigators want to expose Mr. Bowyer, the company to which Mr. Mizuhara sent the money, as well as the illegal sports betting organization behind it.

Even if Mr. Mizuhara accepts the plea deal, it is said that he will face 6 to 10 years of imprisonment. If there is no plea bargain, he will probably be sentenced to about 20 years in prison.”

He says.

Mr. Mizuhara, nicknamed “Ippei-san” by his fans, has seen his life take a sudden turn for the worse.