MLB superstar Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, has been charged with bank fraud, with federal prosecutors alleging Thursday he stole $16 million from Ohtani to finance his “voracious appetite” for illegal sports betting, the latest development in a scandal that has rocked the baseball world.

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