Japanese-Language Translator Charged in Complaint with Illegally Transferring
More Than $16 Million from Baseball Player’s Account
日语翻译员因涉嫌非法从棒球选手帐户转移超过1600万美元而被控告
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Thursday, April 11, 2024
LOS ANGELES – A Japanese-language translator was charged today via federal
criminal complaint with unlawfully transferring more than $16 million from a
Major League Baseball (MLB) player’s bank account – without the player’s
knowledge or permission – to pay off his own substantial gambling debts
incurred with an illegal bookmaking operation.
洛杉矶－一名日语翻译员今天被联邦刑事起诉
指控他在一名大联盟（MLB）球员不知情或未经其允许的情况下
非法从该球员的银行帐户中转移了1600多万美元
用于偿还自己在非法外围赌博中欠下的巨额赌债
Ippei Mizuhara, 39, of Newport Beach, is charged with bank fraud, a felony
offense that carries a statutory maximum sentence of 30 years in federal
prison.
39 岁的水原一平来自纽波特海滩（Newport Beach）
他被指控犯有银行诈欺罪
这是一项重罪，法定最高刑责为 30 年联邦监禁
Mizuhara is expected to appear in United States District Court in downtown Los
Angeles for his initial appearance in the near future.
水原预计将于近期在洛杉矶市中心的美国地区法院首次露面
According to an affidavit filed with the complaint, from November 2021 to
January 2024, Mizuhara wired more than $16 million in unauthorized transfers
from a checking account belong to an MLB player identified in the affidavit as
“Victim A,” who in fact is MLB star Shohei Ohtani. The transfers from this
bank account allegedly were made from devices and IP addresses associated with
Mizuhara, who served as Ohtani’s translator and de facto manager.
根据与起诉书一同提交的一份书面证词，从 2021 年 11 月到 2024 年 1 月
水原未经授权从属于一名 MLB 球员的帐户中汇款超过 1600 万美元
将其称为"受害者 A"，而受害者 A 实际上就是 MLB 球星大谷翔平
该银行帐户的转帐据称是透过与水原（Mizuhara）相关的设备和 IP 地址进行
水原是大谷的翻译和实质经纪人。
In 2018, Mizuhara accompanied Ohtani, who didn’t speak English, to a bank
branch in Arizona to assist Ohtani in opening the account and translated for
Ohtani when setting up the account details. Ohtani’s salary from playing
professional baseball was deposited into this account and he never gave
Mizuhara control of this or any of his other financial accounts, according to
the affidavit. Mizuhara allegedly told Ohtani’s U.S.-based financial
professionals, none of whom spoke Japanese, that Ohtani denied them access to
the account.
2018年，水原陪同不会说英语的大谷来到亚利桑那州的一家银行分行
协助大谷开设帐户，并在设定帐户细节时为大谷翻译
据书面证词，大谷的职业棒球的薪资都存入该帐户
他从未将该帐户或其他任何财务帐户的控制权交给水原
据称，水原告诉大谷在美国的金融专业人士（他们都不会说日语）
大谷拒绝他们存取该帐户。
In September 2021, Mizuhara began gambling with an illegal sports book and,
several months later, started losing substantial sums of money, the affidavit
states. During this time, the contact information on Ohtani’s bank account
allegedly was changed to link the account to Mizuhara’s phone number and to
an anonymous email address connected to Mizuhara.
书面证词称，2021 年 9 月，水原开始在一家非法体育博彩公司赌博
几个月后开始输掉大笔资金
据称，在此期间，大谷银行帐户的联络资讯被更改
连结至水原的电话号码和一个与水原有关的匿名电子邮件地址
Mizuhara allegedly also telephoned the bank and falsely identified himself as
Ohtani to trick bank employees into authorizing wire transfers from Ohtani’s
bank account to associates of the illegal gambling operation.
据称，水原（Mizuhara）还打电话给银行，虚假称自己是大谷（Ohtani）
诱骗银行职员授权从大谷的银行帐户电汇给非法赌博活动的相关人员
From January 2024 to March 2024, he also allegedly used this same account to
purchase via eBay and Whatnot approximately 1,000 baseball cards – at a cost
of approximately $325,000 – and had them mailed to Mizuhara under an alias,
“Jay Min,” and mailed to the clubhouse for Ohtani’s current MLB team.
据称，从 2024 年 1 月到 2024 年 3 月
他还用同一帐户透过 eBay 和 Whatnot 购买约 1000 张棒球卡（成本约为32.5万美元）
并化名为"Jay Min"将这些棒球卡邮寄给水原，再邮寄到大谷目前所在的MLB球队会所
In an interview last week with law enforcement, Ohtani denied authorizing
Mizuhara’s wire transfers. Ohtani provided his cellphone to law enforcement,
who determined that there was no evidence to suggest that Ohtani was aware of,
or involved in, Mizuhara’s illegal gambling activity or payment of those
debts.
在上周接受执法部门的面谈时，大谷否认授权水原进行电汇
大谷向执法部门提供了他的手机
执法部门认定没有证据表明大谷知道或参与水原的非法赌博活动或支付这些债务
A criminal complaint is merely an allegation, and the defendant is presumed
innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court
of law.
刑事告诉仅是一种指控，除非在法庭上排除合理怀疑证明被告有罪，否则应推定被告无罪
IRS Criminal Investigation and Homeland Security Investigations are
investigating this matter.
美国国税局刑事调查和国土安全部调查正在调查此事。