Bookmaker linked to baseball star Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter sentenced to just over a year
Mathew Bowyer pleaded guilty to running a five-year illegal gambling operation placing hundreds of millions in bets and aiding prosecutions, leading to fines and prison recommendations.
- Federal prosecutors sought a 15-month sentence for Bowyer, who assisted in investigations that led to convictions in a broader illegal sports gambling probe involving Ippei Mizuhara.
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A Southern California bookmaker who took thousands of sports bets from baseball star Shohei Ohtani's former interpreter was sentenced Friday to just over a year in prison.
SOURCE SPORTS: Illegal Bookmaker Linked To Shohei Ohtani’s Interpreter Sentenced To One Year
A Southern California bookmaker connected to the gambling scandal that rocked MLB star Shohei Ohtani’s inner circle has officially been sentenced. Mathew Bowyer, 50, was handed a sentence of 12… The post SOURCE SPORTS: Illegal Bookmaker Linked To Shohei Ohtani’s Interpreter Sentenced To One Year appeared first on .
Doubts Creep in Over Shohei Ohtani's Innocence as Another Key Member in $17M Scam Faces Jail
Matthew Bowyer, the bookmaker who got money from Shohei Ohtani’s former interpreter in the gambling scandal, has been sentenced to a year in prison. Notably, Bowyer’s sentencing comes after Ohtani’s interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, was found guilty of tax evasion and bank fraud for stealing $17 million from Ohtani’s accounts to cover his gambling debts. And now, the old question is popping up again. Was Ohtani himself ever involved? “Matthew Bowyer,…


Ohtani interpreter's bookmaker sentenced
SANTA ANA, Calif. — A Southern California bookmaker who took thousands of sports bets from the former interpreter for baseball star Shohei Ohtani was sentenced to just over a year in prison Friday.
Fans cry “biggest cover up” as Shohei Ohtani former interpreter’s bookie Matthew Bowyer gets hit with prison sentence in betting scandal
Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani's former interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, was at the center of a gambling scandal at the start of the Japanese two-way phenom's Dodgers tenure.
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