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.

All income is taxable, even stolen money. If the interpreter pays back his former boss the stolen money, does the IRS let him off the hook on taxes? Not hardly.

Ippei Mizuhara, the former interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani, learned his fate on Thursday. He will be serving a prison sentence of

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

Shohei Ohtani's Former Interpreter Sentenced To 57 Months In Federal Prison For Multi-Million Dollar Bank Fraud

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 was sentenced in federal court after stealing nearly $17 million from the Los Angeles Dodgers player’s bank account.