The former interpreter for Japanese baseball star Shohei Ohtani is expected to be sentenced Thursday for bank and tax fraud after he stole nearly $17 million from the Los Angeles Dodgers player’s bank account.

Ippei Mizuhara will serve more than four years in federal prison for posing as the superstar Dodger to steal money from his bank accounts to pay gambling debts

Ippei Mizuhara admitted to quietly siphoning millions of dollars from the baseball superstar to pay off lost wagers.