Posted on 08/11/2025 12:13:25 AM PDT by BFW
A 38-year-old man from the Bay Area, who went by at least three aliases, managed to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of rare historical Chinese manuscripts dating back to the 13th century from the University of California, Los Angeles’ library, federal officials announced.
In a U.S. Department of Justice news release, federal prosecutors allege that Jeffrey Ying, who also went by the names Jason Wang, Alan Fujimori and Austin Cheng, stole the manuscripts between Dec. 2024 and July 2025.
Because of their value and rarity, UCLA does not keep the books in regular circulation, requiring a reservation to check them out.
The 38-year-old, a resident of Fremont, a city some 20 miles north of San Jose, reportedly took advantage of a relatively new system at the library where users can apply for library cards and rent books without having to show official identification
(Excerpt) Read more at ktla.com ...
It’s ingrained in their minds, their bodies, culturally, intellectually and by government decree.
There is a good chance that he was ordered by the CCP to retrieve them. The CCP controls their nationals by threatening their families.
PING
30 years in jail ought to be a good deterent!
30 years in jail ought to be a good deterent!
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That may well be needed for the theif but where are
the books and are they still in good condition?
That much was obvious after just reading the headline. And that it was a Chinese person who did it.
Jeffrey Ying, who also went by the names Jason Wang, Alan Fujimori...
And since requiring ID to vote is racist, apparently so is requiring ID to get a library card.
The article doesn’t say whether these books have been recovered but almost certainly the items stolen previously were quickly sold on and are now in China.
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