LOS ANGELES -- The former interpreter for Japanese baseball star Shohei Ohtani is expected to be sentenced Thursday for bank and tax fraud after he stole nearly $17 million from the Los Angeles Dodgers player’s bank account.

Baseball star for the LA Dodgers, Shohei Ohtani, has seen his interpreter sentenced to prison after draining the athelete's bank account.

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

Shohei Ohtani's former interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, was sentenced to nearly five years in prison on Thursday for stealing millions of dollars from the Los Angeles Dodgers star. Mizuhara was also ordered to pay more than $18 million in restitution,

​​SANTA ANA, Calif. — A federal judge sentenced Ippei Mizuhara, the former interpreter convicted of defrauding Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani, to five years in prison, at a sentencing hearing inside Orange County Superior Court on Thursday.

The former interpreter for baseball star Shohei Ohtani is set to be sentenced for bank and tax fraud after he stole nearly $17

A former interpreter was sentenced on Thursday to nearly five years in prison for stealing $17 million from Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani to pay off gambling debts, according to a court document.

Ippei Mizuhara agreed to a plea deal last spring related to what authorities described as a years-long scheme to steal almost $17 million from Ohtani.

Ippei Mizuhara has a federal court sentencing hearing set for Thursday afternoon for taking almost $17 million from Dodgers player Shohei Ohtani. He was Ohtani's translator.