A man was arrested Tuesday after allegedly using false identities to steal over $200,000 worth of rare Chinese manuscripts from th...

A man was arrested Tuesday after allegedly using false identities to steal over $200,000 worth of rare Chinese manuscripts from the UCLA Library system. Jeffrey Ying, a resident of Fremont, California, allegedly stole manuscripts from the UCLA East Asian Library and UCLA Library Special Collections and replaced them with false copies multiple times since October 2024, according to an affidavit filed with a criminal complaint. UCPD contacted the Federal Bureau of Investigation after library staff noticed multiple materials were missing, according to the affidavit. Ying is currently in state custody and has been charged with theft of major artwork – a felony punishable by up to ten years in federal prison, according to the press release. https://lnkd.in/gCphgzeH