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A California man named Jeffrey Ying just got sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison for stealing rare Chinese manuscripts from UCLA — including a 17th-century Qing dynasty treasure. Using aliases like “Jason Wang” and “Alan Fujimori,” he’d borrow the priceless books, swap them for fakes, and return the originals. Authorities caught him when they found counterfeit manuscripts, fake IDs, and library cards in his hotel room. The stolen items are valued at over $215,000, and restitution is still being calculated — but none of the originals have been recovered. This case exposes how even in secure institutions like libraries, valuable artifacts remain vulnerable to sophisticated theft.

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