Certainly, athletes can squander money or be victimized.
Conceivably, Ohtani is singularly focused on baseball and lacks financial acumen.
Objectively, the speed of this investigation is unusual.
Questionably, Ohtani never gave Mizuhara control of his accounts, per affidavit. Next sentence, Ohtani tacitly allowed Mizuhara total veto power of visibility to his accounts. 🤷♂️
Ohtani’s salary was deposited in that account, though he never gave Mizuhara -- whom Estrada said was “acting as Mr. Ohtani’s de facto manager” -- control over any of his financial accounts, according to the affidavit.
“Mizuhara refused to give access to the account to the rest of Ohtani’s other professional advisors including his agent, accountant and financial advisor, telling them Ohtani wanted to keep that account private,” Estrada said.
https://www.mlb.com/news/ippei-mizuhara-charged-with-bank-fraud-in-criminal-complaint