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Ippei Mizuhara Impersonated Shohei Ohtani On Call With Bank, New Audio Reveals

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IMPERSONATING OHTANI

Shohei Ohtani's former interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, impersonated the MLB superstar on a phone call with a bank in order to swindle the Dodgers' designated hitter out of $200,000 ... newly released audio reveals.

The three-and-a-half minute conversation was put out by federal prosecutors on Thursday, and in it ... you can clearly hear Mizuhara pretending to be Shohei.

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In fact, after the bank's phone operator asks Mizuhara straight up "who am I speaking with?