US Man Jailed After Swapping 17th Century 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 w…

Bay Area Man Who Stole Rare Chinese Manuscripts From UCLA Library Gets Federal Prison: DOJ

Jeffrey Ying admitted to replacing the manuscript with a "dummy" one.

US man jailed after swapping 17th century manuscript

Jeffrey Ying used a number of aliases to get access to classic works, some over 600 years old, at the library of the University of California, Los Angeles, (UCLA) the 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, officials said. UCLA’s library system flagged that several rare Chinese manuscripts were missing, and an investigati…

Fremont Man Facing Sentence For Stealing UCLA Manuscripts

Jeffrey Ying pleaded guilty to stealing rare Chinese manuscripts from UCLA. Sentencing is scheduled Wednesday; prosecutors say about $216,000 in items were taken.