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A bombshell $16 million fraud charge this week against baseball star Shohei Ohtani’s former interpreter offers a stark illustration of what can happen when your online accounts aren’t properly secured.
The interpreter, a longtime friend of Ohtani’s named Ippei Mizuhara, allegedly stole vast sums of money from a bank account established in Ohtani’s name. US prosecutors on Thursday accused Mizuhara of impersonating his boss in multiple attempts to make fraudulent wire transfers to pay off gambling debts.
According to court documents, Mizuhara abused his access to Ohtani’s online account and posed as Ohtani in several
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