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Crime
3 Colombian nationals arrested for burglarizing South Asian residences in North Texas
Three people have been arrested for allegedly targeting South Asian residents in a series of burglaries in Plano, Texas. Colombian national...
Michelle De Pacina
3 men arrested for robbing California Thai restaurant and attempting to kidnap property owner
Three men were captured on surveillance footage breaking into and burglarizing a Thai Tuk Tuk restaurant in Corona, California, on Thursday...
California man found dead after Tinder date in Colombia
Paul Nguyen, 27, of Orange County, California, was reportedly robbed and killed after going on a Tinder date during a vacation in Medellin,...
Carl Samson
India
Teen kills herself after video of her stealing chocolate goes viral
An Indian teen allegedly died by suicide after a video of her stealing chocolate at a shopping mall went viral locally. According to her f...
Seattle deli owner suffers broken hips, fractured wrist after confronting shoplifter
Young Kim, 76, was shoved to the ground when she tried to stop a shoplifter from leaving her Delridge Deli Mart at the Frye Commerce center...
Nearly 2 dozen Asian families targeted in Pennsylvania theft ring
Nearly two dozen homes belonging to Asian business owners in Pennsylvania have fallen victim to a theft ring since the beginning of the year...
Massachusetts woman kills former landlord with hammer, steals $40,000 through forged checks
Xiu Fang Ke, a 43-year-old woman from Newton, Massachusetts, was charged with the murder of her former landlord, Leonard Garber, 65. Ke wa...
Bryan Ke
Pokémon card thief dumber than Team Rocket, tries to resell cards back to store he stole them from
A Washington state man who stole $20,000 worth of Pokémon and Magic: The Gathering cards returned a month later to try and sell the stolen ...
Rebecca Moon
Oklahoma man dubbed the ‘Pokémon Prowler’ charged for stealing $12,000 in Pokémon cards in Missouri
Nicholas Garrison, 24, has been charged with three felonies in Missouri in connection with a burglary at Yeti Gaming in Crestwood on Oct. 1...
Cambodian woman acquitted of stealing $60,000 from Texas donut shop owners who trafficked her
Sophy Treadway, a Cambodian woman who was accused of stealing more than $60,000 from the owners of Rockport Donuts, who illegally trafficke...
SF tourist shows how she tracked down stolen luggage in viral TikToks
In a series of TikTok videos posted on July 13 and July 14, user @Kellykwan0 explained how she managed to track down the person who alleged...
Thai man, 60, steals soap bars to go to jail and end his starvation on the streets
Phichit, a 60-year-old Thai man, purposely stole soap bars from a pharmacy in Bangkok in hopes of getting arrested and ending his hunger on...
Bay Area
‘Asian American frontline worker is NOT afraid’: SF Walgreens employee follows thief while calling him out
An Asian employee at a San Francisco Walgreens has raised both praise and concern for following a man as he allegedly stole items off their...
Asian immigrant families fear eviction after NYC real estate developer vanishes with their $4 million
Brooklyn real estate developer Xihui “Steven” Wu falsely claimed he had the right to sell apartment units to Asian immigrant families resid...
Nationwide rise in Kia and Hyundai car thefts due to TikTok challenge teaching USB cable hot-wiring
Several cities across the United States have seen a rise in Kia and car thefts due to a TikTok trend called the “Kia Challenge.” The TikTo...
Ex-Mass. state senator, now-congressional candidate, says gun theft charges against him are racially motivated
Former Massachusetts State Sen. Dean Tran pleaded “absolutely not guilty” on Thursday to charges related to an alleged gun theft incident i...
Hmong woman killed in hit-and-run crash involving stolen car in Minnesota
A 70-year-old Hmong woman was killed in a hit-and-run crash involving a stolen car in St. Paul, Minnesota. A stolen gray Kia Sportage SUV cr...
Asian business owners targeted by South American crime group in central Indiana, police say
Two men believed to be part of a South American theft ring were busted after a home burglary in Fishers, Indiana, on Tuesday night. Charly...
3 men arrested over gunpoint robbery of boxer Amir Khan for $85,000 watch in London
Three men have been arrested for the gunpoint robbery of former boxing world champion Amir Khan. Khan was walking with his wife Faryal Makh...
Sikh mother of 3 robbed at gunpoint after leaving temple in Queens
A Sikh mother of three was threatened with a gun and robbed in broad daylight by a group of three people after leaving a temple in South Ri...
Business
Ex-Coca-Cola chemist sentenced for stealing $120 million trade secret for Chinese government-supported company
Xiaorong “Shannon” You, a 59-year-old chemical engineer, was sentenced to 14 years in prison by a federal judge on Monday in Greeneville, T...
Korean American store owner, 61, shoved to the ground in LA after confronting man about unpaid groceries
Gi-ryung Chang, the 61-year-old grocery store owner of G & J Market in Los Angeles, was shoved to the ground by a man she confronted ab...
Three fugitives wanted for stealing $500,000 worth of valuables at New York coin show
An Asian man and woman, along with a male getaway driver, are wanted in Long Island, New York, after allegedly stealing half a million doll...
China
Scientist pleads guilty to stealing Monsanto trade secret for Chinese government
Xiang Haitao, 44, stole copies of a predictive algorithm from a software that aims to improve farming productivity. Xiang worked for the S...
Man stole more than $23,000 from his ex-girlfriend by using her phone’s facial recognition
A 28-year-old man, identified only as Huang, manipulated the technology on his ex-girlfriend’s phone to steal 150,000 yuan (nearly $23...
Sarah Yukiko
New York
‘Drunk’ women break into Xi’an Famous Foods in NYC to cook and steal dumplings
A pair of “drunk” women allegedly broke into a Chinese restaurant in New York City to satisfy a late-night craving for dumplings. How they d...
News
Police Searching for Two Women Who Stole Gucci Bags Worth $10K in DC Chinatown
Police in Washington, D.C., are looking for two women who stole $10,000 worth of Gucci bags from a store in the district’s Chinatown last mo...
SF’s Famous Turtle Tower Restaurant Robbed During the Day, Police Respond 2 Hours Later
A popular Vietnamese restaurant called Turtle Tower was “robbed in broad daylight” on Tuesday 1:30 p.m. in Tenderloin, San Franc...
Maina Chen
Asia
Japanese Company’s AI Now Catches Shoplifters BEFORE They Steal
A tech startup in Tokyo, Japan has developed an artificial intelligence software that detects potential shoplifters. Vaak, based in Chiyoda,...
Las Vegas Nail Salon Manager Killed By Customer Over $35 Manicure Bill
Editor’s Note: This article has been updated with further details on the suspect. A nail salon manager in Las Vegas was tragicall...
Ryan General
Scottish Con-Man Allegedly Scams Women and Men in Hong Kong After Seducing Them
A Scottish con-artist has allegedly been luring gullible women and men in Hong Kong with sweet words before taking away their valuables. The...
Nail Salon Workers Lock Customers in Store After They Refuse to Pay
Employees at a Vietnamese nail salon in Canada were forced to lock their front door to stop a group of dissatisfied customers from fleeing a...
Editorial Staff
Philadelphia Apologizes to China After Terracotta Warrior Was Vandalized
The Philadelphia City Government has officially apologized for the incident that occurred in December 2017 when a guest of the “ugly sweater...
Man Wakes Up After One-Night Stand in Thailand With $16,000 in Watches Stolen
A Kuwaiti man’s one-night stand with a Moroccan woman in Thailand turned into one rather unpleasant experience after realizing the next day ...
Uncategorized
China Wants Delaware Man ‘Severely Punished’ For Stealing 2000-Year-Old Terracotta Warrior’s Thumb
The Shaanxi Cultural Heritage Promotion Center has asked the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, the museum currently displaying the Terraco...
Witness Draws Sketch of ‘Asian’ Man Accused of Stealing, Nails It
Police in Lancaster, Pennsylvania are on the lookout for a suspect accused of stealing cash from a market based on a hilariously poor sketch...