SANTA ANA, Calif. — Mathew Bowyer, the illegal bookmaker who collected millions of dollars taking sports bets from Shohei Ohtani’s former translator and de facto manager, was sentenced Friday to 12 months in prison.

The sentence, imposed by U.S. District Judge John Holcomb, was less than the term of 15 months recommended by prosecutors.

Bowyer also will serve two years of supervised probation and must submit to regular drug and alcohol testing and pay $1.6 million owed to the Internal Revenue Service.

Bowyer, 50, who pleaded guilty last year to federal charges of running an illegal gambling business, money laundering and filing a false tax return, took sports bets from an estimated 700 gamblers, including Ippei Mizuhara, who was sentenced to four years in prison in February for stealing

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