SANTA ANA, Calif.—A 24-year-old man pleaded guilty to posing as a former New England Patriots player in order to purchase “family” versions of Tom Brady’s 2016 Super Bowl ring and to selling them to an Orange County sports ring broker, according to court papers obtained on Feb. 2.
Scott V. Spina Jr., of Roseland, New Jersey, pleaded guilty on Tuesday via Zoom in Santa Ana federal court to one count of mail fraud, three counts of wire fraud, and one count of aggravated identity theft in the scheme in which he purchased three Super Bowl rings engraved with the name “Brady” and offered them for sale with the false claim that Brady had given the rings to relatives, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
