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A 38-year-old man has been charged with a federal crime related to the theft of rare manuscripts from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) library system.
According to a press release from the U.S. Department of Justice, Jeffrey Ying, also known by the aliases “Jason Wang,” “Alan Fujimori,” and “Austin Chen,” allegedly orchestrated a scheme to steal $216,000 worth of historical Chinese documents.
Ying, believed to be from the San Francisco Bay Area, allegedly borrowed manuscripts temporarily, took them home for a few days, and then “returned” the documents, replacing them with forgeries.
A Justice Department press release said he planned to travel to China and back in the days after the theft.
Library staff noticed that several rare Chinese manuscripts were missing, which led to an investigation that revealed that the last person to view the books was one “Alan Fujimori.”
The image above shows a view of one of the libraries on the UCLA campus. The Charles E. Young Research Library (YRL) offers modern research collections. (iStock)
“Due to the rarity and value of the books, they are not freely available in the library and must be reserved and issued,” the press release emphasizes.
Law enforcement tracked down Ina's hotel room in Brentwood.
The press release said they came across a blank sheet of paper that matched the style and manner of the manuscripts he had studied.
A man has been charged with orchestrating an elaborate fraud scheme to steal historical Chinese documents from the UCLA library system. Pictured above is Powell Library, the campus's main undergraduate library. (iStock)
According to a press release from the Justice Department, Ying is currently in custody and is “expected to make his initial appearance in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles” in the near future.
Also found were “pre-prepared labels, known as asset tags, associated with the same manuscripts.”
It is believed that Ying used the labels to create “dummy” books that he returned to the library in place of the real manuscripts.
He was also found to be in possession of a counterfeit California ID card in the name of “Austin Chen” and two library cards in the names “Austin Chen” and “Jason Wang.”
A view of the UCLA campus (above): Law enforcement officers searched the man's Brentwood hotel room and found a blank sheet of paper that matched the style and manner of the manuscripts he had been reviewing. (iStock)
The UCLA library system includes one of the largest academic research libraries in North America.
According to information on the library's website, its collection contains 18 million titles.
The FBI's Art Crime Task Force is leading the investigation, in collaboration with the UCLA Police Department.
Inu is charged with theft of major works of art, a felony punishable by up to 10 years in federal prison.
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