US man sentenced in theft of 17th-century Chinese manuscript

US man Jeffrey Ying jailed for stealing rare Chinese manuscript from UCLA

A California man who swapped a library’s 17th century Chinese manuscript for a fake was jailed for a year on Wednesday after admitting to stealing a major artwork. Jeffrey Ying used a number of aliases to gain access to classic works, some over 600 years old, at the library of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), the US Department of Justice said. Ying, 39, would check the works out and return days later with dummy manuscripts. He would frequently travel to China shortly thereafter,...

California man steals historic Chinese manuscripts from UCLA, using fake names, dummy documents

A Northern California man was sentenced Wednesday to a year in federal prison for stealing historical Chinese manuscripts from the UCLA library, according to authorities. Jeffrey Ying, 39, also known as “Jason Wang,” “Alan Fujimori” and “Austin Chen” of Fremont, pleaded guilty in October 2025 to one count of theft of major artwork, according to []

Man in rare book heist sentenced after stealing $216,000 worth of manuscripts from UCLA library

He typically traveled to China within days of the thefts, according to federal prosecutors

China critic sentenced to 30 years in prison in $1B fraud scheme

A decade ago, Guo Wengui fled China and reinvented himself in the U.S. as a staunch critic of the Chinese Community Party with a loyal online following. On Monday, he [] The post China critic sentenced to 30 years in prison in 1B fraud scheme appeared first on URL Media.