How athletes and entertainers like Shohei Ohtani get financially duped by those they trust
by Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times— R. Allen Stanford is among the most brazen white-collar criminals — and he's paying dearly for it. The former financier is in the 14th year of a 110-year prison sentence after being convicted in 2012 for selling $7 billion in fraudulent certificates of deposits in the Caribbean island of Antigua. He also was required to pay a judgment of $5.9 billion, much of which was intended to go to victims of his crimes. Among those affected by his elaborate Ponzi scheme were seven Major League Baseball...
Yahoo Sports—Shohei Ohtani gets booed by Toronto fans, then smacks a home run. Playing in Toronto for the first time since picking the Dodgers over the Blue Jays in free agency, Shohei Ohtani is loudly booed before hitting a home run.
Los Angeles Times—Shohei Ohtani gets booed by Toronto fans, then smacks a homer to spark Dodgers' win. The boos rained down before Shohei Ohtani’s name even was announced. They only got louder as he trotted around the bases. Back in December, Blue Jays fans thought they were about to win Ohtani’s free-agent sweepstakes — teased by online reports that the two-way star was flying to Toronto and likely to sign with the Canadian club. Instead, the social media rumors ultimately were debunked. The internet sleuths tracking his supposed private jet turned out to be wrong. And a day after his infamous...
KEYT—Shohei Ohtani has 3 doubles, Landon Knack get 1st victory as Dodgers rout Nationals 11-2. By PATRICK STEVENS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Shohei Ohtani had three doubles to improve his major league-leading batting average to .371, rookie Landon Knack got his first victory and the Los Angeles Dodgers routed the Washington Nationals 11-2 on Wednesday night. The Dodgers had a season-high 20 hits en route to their third straight