We've seen some odd crimes, but stealing rare manuscripts from a library may be the weirdest one we've found. Jeffrey Ying, who goes by the aliases Jason Wang, Alan Fujimori, and Austin Chen, is accused of stealing approximately $216,000 worth of rare and historical Chinese manuscripts. He allegedly stole these documents from the UCLA library system.

The Justice Department has announced he will be charged with theft of major artwork, a felony that is punishable by up to 10 years in federal prison.

It's believed between December 2024 and July 2025, Ying stole several rare manuscripts from the university's library. Allegedly, he pulled off these heists by renting the manuscripts, taking them home, and returning a dummy copy. Within a few days of each rental, he would travel back to China, meaning there is a possibility he was trying to sell these on the black market. Though some are theorizing he was trying to return them to their country of origin, we also wouldn't rule out trying to undo some kind of curse, since this timeline has been wild lately.