MLB Ohtani Interpreter Gambling Probe Led by Former Prosecutors

Major League Baseball has tapped three ex-prosecutors to look into an alleged $4.5 million wire transfer from Los Angels Dodger star Shohei Ohtani’s bank account to a Southern California bookmaker.

The evolving inquiry is being led by MLB’s investigations unit, according to a source familiar with the probe. It so far focuses on gathering facts about Ippei Mizuhara, an interpreter for Ohtani who said this week that he used money from the Japanese baseball star to pay his own gambling debts, the source said.

The trio—Bryan Seeley, Moira Weinberg, and Marquest Meeks—have been tasked with sorting through the conflicting narratives ...