Shortly after federal prosecutors charged Shohei Ohtani’s former interpreter Thursday with unlawfully transferring millions of dollars from the account of the MLB star, news of the complaint circulated through a ballroom at a glitzy Tampa hotel.
When prosecutors from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Central District of California, unsealed charges against Ippei Mizuhara Thursday afternoon, a contingent of gambling attorneys sat through a luncheon address at the 2024 International Masters of Gambling Law Spring Conference in Tampa Bay. There is some irony that the luncheon tackled issues on problem and responsible gaming considering that Mizuhara incurred massive losses on sports betting in the last three years.
