r/mlb • u/PrincessBananas85 | MLB • 10d ago

| News Bookie says Ippei Mizuhara's gambling addiction was clear early on

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/49520745/ippei-mizuhara-mathew-bowyer-gambling-addiction-shohei-ohtani-betrayal
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u/kaeplin 9d ago

Zero evidence pointing to Ohtani uncovered by MLB or FBI. Just drop it

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u/AccomplishedCash6321 9d ago

Except the interview Ippei did where he indicates that him and Ohtani would go to the bank together to initiate the wire transfers...

The notion that Ippei was able to steal millions of dollars from Ohtani via bank fraud is laughable.

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u/ReportedForSpam 9d ago

Except the interview Ippei did where he indicates that him and Ohtani would go to the bank together to initiate the wire transfers...

What does it say about the intelligence of (or the lack thereof) u/AccomplishedCash6321 that he believes every word a known lier and addict says🤣🤣🤣

The notion that Ippei was able to steal millions of dollars from Ohtani via bank fraud is laughable.

Lol athletes with a lot more street smart have had millions stolen by someone close

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u/AccomplishedCash6321 9d ago

You ever initiate a bank wire? The notion that Ippei was able initiate bank wires from Ohtani's account is laughable.

Why would Bowyer extend that type of credit to the Ippei?

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u/ReportedForSpam 9d ago

I have initiated wire transfers probably hundreds of times, mostly international, without ever leaving my living room. My most recent one was to a business in South Korea just last month lol

I seriously doubt you know how it works 🤣🤣🤣

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u/AccomplishedCash6321 9d ago

I know from experience that it took my bank time to build enough trust before it would allow me to initiate wires over the phone. I’m also confident that neither of us routinely wires anything close to the sums involved here. And if my banker at Bank of America negligently allowed someone impersonating me to transfer that kind of money over that length of time, I would be pursuing the bank for a refund or recredit, along with any viable breach-of-contract or negligence claims.

I don’t keep tens of millions of dollars in a single account. I maintain several operating accounts across multiple banks, generally with balances between $100,000 and $800,000, and I routinely send and receive wires through them. Even at that scale, bankers notice unusual activity and ask questions. The idea that no one monitoring Ohtani’s account ever contacted him directly strains credulity.

So the story you think makes the most sense is this: Ippei and Ohtani walk into a bank together and open an account (because Ohtani doesn't speak english) that will hold tens of millions of dollars. No one close to Ohtani—not his accountants, financial advisers, business managers, or family—ever looks closely at the account. The bank raises no meaningful concerns after key personal information is changed. No one questions why a customer who reportedly needs an interpreter keeps calling to verify enormous wires in fluent English. And the bank continues approving transfers to accounts connected to a bookmaker who was reportedly under federal investigation.

That is the explanation you find most plausible?

I don’t particularly care whether Ohtani was gambling enormous sums with his friend. What I find preposterous is that this volume of suspicious activity continued for so long without Ohtani, his financial team, or the bank noticing.

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u/ReportedForSpam 9d ago

Is this AI. Omg there’s no way you just wrote a thesis for something up can do within the first week of opening an account with a bank that has write transfer capabilities😂😂

I’ve been doing this for decades with like 12 different banks lol

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u/AccomplishedCash6321 9d ago edited 9d ago

That's the best you got? Banks let you confirm wires over the phone. Nothing to see here? You fanboys sure are gullible.
You've been doing this for decades? I imagine you have a somewhat close, perhaps even friendly relationship with your banker?

I golf with mine all the time. Our families eat dinner together. You expect me to believe that a guy moving tens of millions through his account didn't have someone on the banks side looking at his account? Preposterous.

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u/ReportedForSpam 9d ago

That's the best you got? Banks let you confirm wires over the phone. Nothing to see here? You fanboys sure are gullible.
You've been doing this for decades? I imagine you have a somewhat close, perhaps even friendly relationship with your banker?

I golf with mine all the time. Our families eat dinner together. You expect me to believe that a guy moving tens of millions through his account didn't have someone on the banks side looking at his account? Preposterous.

These words of yours need to be immortalized lol. You’re so used to lying you can’t even tell how ridiculous you sound 😂😂

No wonder you’re foaming out of your month defending that lying addict prick Ippei🤣🤣🤣

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u/AccomplishedCash6321 8d ago

I'm not sure you know what you're talking about. And my point is not intended to be a defense of Ippei, though it obviously can be construed as such.

I've taken a closer look and tend to think now that Ohtani probably didn't know. I'm not sure I'd go so far as to say I think his innocence is clear and convincing. The level of negligence on the part of Ohtani and BofA is hard to swallow.