A New Jersey man got three years in prison on Monday for selling phony Super Bowl rings that he claimed belonged to Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady.
The judge also ordered 25-year-old Steve Spina Jr. to pay $63,000 in restitution to a former New England Patriots player. Spina reportedly acquired his ring by writing a phony check and then sold the jewelry for $63,000.
As The Free Press reported in December, when Spina pled guilty to multiple charges related to his frauds, the con man learned that replica Super Bowl rings could be made for players’ relatives.
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Spina allegedly posed as a former player for the New England Patriots, Brady’s longtime former team, and ordered three “family versions” of the Patriots 2016 Super Bowl championship ring. He claimed the rings would be gifts for Brady’s relatives to commemorate the birth of the NFL legend’s baby. They had the word “Brady” engraved on them.
Instead, Spina sold them. One deal fetched more than $337,000 for him. Another garnered $100,000.
Spina had faced up to 92 years in prison.
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