He was ordered to pay $18 million in restitution, with nearly $17 million going to Shohei Ohtani and the remainder to the IRS.

The former interpreter for Japanese baseball star Shohei Ohtani was sentenced on Thursday to nearly five years in federal prison and ordered to pay $1 million in back taxes, after pleading guilty last year to stealing nearly $17 million from the Los Angeles Dodgers slugger.

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Shohei Ohtani's former interpreter was sentenced to almost five years in federal prison Thursday for stealing nearly $17 million from the Japanese baseball star, the Department of Justice said.