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Originally Posted by G1911
So to circle all the way back... Is it normal or plausible for a guy who makes $300K to even be able to rack up $40M of debt with a bookie? I do not gamble so I do not know anything about it, hence why I called it a possibly stupid question, but I would think that if one is allowing such huge sums to being gambled that one would take some steps to determine the person could actually pay the bet. Otherwise, I can't see how they would stay in business.
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there are articles out there dealing with all this including a very good one on Yahoo of all places.
The interpreter basically said "Ohtani's good for it" and would send over $500k at a time which made the claim look plausible.
He eventually actually admitted to the bookie that he was stealing. The bookie believed Ohtani was OK with it and said so, that's when the interpreter actually confessed he was stealing from Ohtani TO THE BOOKIE. The feds have this text exchange.