Bookmaker linked to baseball star Shohei Ohtani's interpreter sentenced to just over a year Updated 4 mins ago A Southern California bookmaker who took thousands of sports bets from the former interpreter for baseball star Shohei Ohtani was sentenced to just over a year in prison. Mathew Bowyer had pleaded guilty a year ago to running an illegal gambling business, money laundering and filing a false tax return. He was sentenced Friday to 12 months and one day in prison. He will later be subjected to two years of supervised release. He was also ordered to pay $1.6 million in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service, which his lawyer said he’s already paid.

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