The Resorts World casino in Las Vegas was given a $10.5 million fine over its connection to a money laundering scheme involving Shohei Ohtani’s former assistant, Ippei Mizuhara . The fine issued by the Nevada Gaming Commission was the second-largest in the state’s history.
Last year, the Nevada Gaming Control Board filed a complaint against the Resorts World casino and its parent company, Malaysia-based conglomerate Genting Berhad, for allowing gamblers with ties to illegal bookmaking and people with a history of gambling-related felony convictions to make wagers at the casino. One of those illegal bookmakers that bet at Resorts World was Mathew Bowyer. Former Major League Baseball Japanese-language interpreter Ippei Mizuhara was among Bowyer’s clients.
Mizuhara was sentenced to 57 months for bank fraud and filing a false tax return in February after admitting to stealing nearly $17 million from Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani to pay his gambling debts…