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Former California residents confessed to selling hundreds of thousands of dollars in false memorrabi, including items claiming that the authorities claimed to have been signed by famous athletes, actors and celebrities, in the 2010 Scheme, according to the US Ministry of Justice Central District in California.
Anthony J. Tremayne, 58, had previously lived in West Covina, California and now lives in Rosarity in Mexico. He appeared at the US District Court in Santa Ana, California and confessed to one number of fraud with mail. He faces a maximum punishment of 20 years in a federal prison. American district judge James V. Selna planned convictions for 11 August. American officials said Tremayne remains on the bond for free.
According to court documents, from 2010 to December 2019, Tremayne advertised Memorabilia in Orange County and Los Angeles County, among other things, and sometimes included a “authentication of authenticity” to certify signatures, were real. Federal officials claim that the signatures were false and the certificate was “false”. According to US officials, he admitted more than $ 250,000 and up to $ 550,000 in false memorrabi.
The FBI investigated the case. The cooperating witnesses said Tremayne was sold by Memorabilia reportedly signed by Los Angeles Lakers, La Clippers, Chicago Bulls, Miami Heat, Los Angeles Angeles, Los Angeles Kings and a “golf star”. Other items included several signed replica Stanley Cups, signed boxing gloves, fraudulent master jackets and flags, for football halls of fame jackets, guitars signed musicians and fraudulent signed photo Beatles with “boxer celebrities”.
The US Prosecutor’s Office spokesman said the items included guitars with false signatures of Carrie Underwood and Prince and a false signature Kobe Bryant in the picture.
The authorities said there were also film memorabilia with forged signatures of “Hunger Games”, “Twilight”, “Star Wars” and “Captain America”. In November 2019, Tremayne sent a photo of “Keep Up With The Kardashians”, allegedly signed by Kim, Khloe and Kourtney Kardashian, a $ 200 customer. The customer was a secret agent of the FBI.
In 2019, Tremayne was charged with wire fraud, three number of fraud with mail and three numbers of aging identity. In the federal number of fraud and two years in federal prison he faced a maximum punishment of 20 years in a federal prison for each number of identity theft. The accused also claimed that Tremayne moved to Mexico to avoid paying approximately $ 1.4 million in US taxes. The action agreement has reduced these fees to one number of fraud with mail.
