A former West Covina man who sold at least $250,000 in fake celebrity memorabilia with forged signatures of celebrities such as Kim Kardashian and Kobe Bryant was sentenced on Monday, Sept. 29, to a year and a day in federal prison.

Anthony Tremayne, 60, during a sentencing hearing at a federal courthouse in Santa Ana after he pleaded guilty in April to a count of mail fraud, was also ordered to spend two years on supervised release following his prison term.

Tremayne, who now lives in Rosarito, Mexico, asked U.S. District Judge James V. Selna for leniency. His defense attorney unsuccessfully requested that Tremayne be sentenced to time already served for the several days he spent in custody after his initial arrest rather than spend additional time behind bars.

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