A Southern California bookmaker who took thousands of sports bets from the former interpreter for baseball star Shohei Ohtani pleaded guilty Friday to running an illegal gambling business.
Mathew Bowyer, 49, entered the plea in federal court in Santa Ana. He also pleaded guilty to money laundering and subscribing to a false tax return. He's due to be sentenced Feb. 7.
Mizuhara pleaded guilty to bank and tax fraud for stealing nearly $17 million from a bank account belonging to Ohtani, who played for the Los Angeles Angels before signing with the Los Angeles Dodgers last offseason. Diane Bass, Bowyer's attorney, said her client never had any contact with Ohtani. Based on the federal sentencing guidelines, she said she believes his expected sentencing range could be 30 to 37 months. Federal prosecutors said in court the maximum potential prison sentence for the offenses would be 18 years.
Bowyer's guilty pleas are the latest sports betting scandal this year, including one that led Major League Baseball to ban a player for life for the first time since Pete Rose was barred in 1989. In June, the league banned San Diego Padres infielder Tucupita Marcano for life and suspended four other players for betting on baseball legally. Marcano became the first active player in a century banned for life because of gambling.
In Mizuhara's case, Bowyer was not named in the criminal complaint but popped up repeatedly as "Bookmaker 1." Federal prosecutors declined to identify him, but Bass confirmed on Friday that reference was to her client.
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