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A slick 39-year-old from Fremont pulled off a brazen heist of over $216,000 worth of rare Chinese manuscripts from UCLA, swapping real treasures with fakes he crafted — all while bouncing between the U.S. and China under aliases like “Jason Wang” and “Alan Fujimori.” Investigators uncovered blank manuscripts, fake labels, and a phony ID in his hotel room, exposing his meticulous cover-up. One stolen gem? A 17th-century Qing Dynasty manuscript. Though initially sentenced to a year and a day, his final punishment includes time served, a year of home confinement, and three years of supervised release — no fine, but restitution still pending. This case is a chilling reminder that physical history still commands immense value — and that even in the digital age, securing ancient artifacts remains a high-stakes game.

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