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Mizuhara is accused of stealing more than $16 million from the Dodgers superstar to cover debts with an illegal bookmaking operation in Orange County.

Ippei Mizuhara is accused of stealing more than $16 million from the Dodgers star and faces up to 30 years in prison if convicted.

Prosecutors say Ippei Mizhuara impersonated the baseball star to banks to steal millions for betting.

The charge comes after The Times reported on allegations by Dodger Shohei Ohtani that Ippei Mizuhara engaged in 'massive theft' from the slugger's bank account.

The Dodgers fired Mizuhara in March after Ohtani's lawyers accused him of stealing millions of dollars from the baseball player to place bets with an Orange County-based bookie.

Federal authorities said Thursday that evidence seems to support the Japanese superstar's claims he was unaware of illegal gambling by his interpreter and a victim of bank fraud, leaving him free to continue playing baseball.

The Los Angeles Dodgers demonstrated the issue between huge markets and the rest of the major league world in mid-December, spending $700 million to sign superstar Shohei Ohtani and then $325 million to sign Yoshinobu Yamamoto, a starting pitcher who had dominated recent Japanese baseball. This was more than $1 billion dollars for a team that was swept 3-0 in a National League Division Series ...

When the juggernaut Dodgers lose games this year, it likely will often be because they get beat in the margins, much like they did in a 3-2 loss to the Twins Wednesday.

Former Dodgers pitcher Julio Urías has been charged with five misdemeanor counts stemming from his arrest on suspicion of domestic violence last September outside BMO Stadium in Exposition Park.

Good afternoon, Chicago. By midmorning, the sun beat down on southern Illinois. Thin, sparse clouds provided little respite from the heat but offered hope for undisturbed viewing for the thousands gathered in southern Illinois to see the total solar eclipse. Tribune reporter Adriana Pérez and photographer Eileen T. Meslar spent the day in Carbondale speaking with local residents and folks who ...