Sometimes, truth is even stranger than fiction.
A 37-page criminal complaint by Chris Seymour, a U.S. special agent with the Internal Revenue Service, outlined in vivid detail Thursday how Ippei Mizuhara, the former interpreter for Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani, allegedly wired money from Ohtani¡¯s bank account without his knowledge to the tune of $16 million (?2.4 billion).
Much of what was written in the criminal complaint outlining Mizuhara¡¯s alleged bank fraud appears to explain the biggest question circling among the public since the scandal was first reported last month: How was Mizuhara, who is slated to appear before a U.S. court on Friday, able to transfer such a large amount of money without Ohtani¡¯s authorization?
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