SANTA ANA, Calif. -- A New Jersey man who posed as a former New England Patriots player in order to buy and sell Super Bowl rings that he claimed were gifts to Tom Brady's family was sentenced Monday to three years in federal prison.
Scott V. Spina Jr., 25, of Roseland was sentenced by a judge in Southern California's Orange County.
In 2017, Spina bought a Patriots 2016 Super Bowl championship ring from a New England player who then left the team. Prosecutors said Spina paid the player -- identified only as T.