a thief posing as judge 贼喊捉贼

“贼喊捉贼”，汉语成语，意思是指做贼的人喊捉贼（a thief crying "Stop thief"）。坏人为了自己逃脱，故意转移目标，把别人说成是坏人。可以翻译为“a thief posing as judge，play the trick of thief crying ‘Stop thief’”。

例句：

这完全是贼喊捉贼、颠倒黑白，是典型的“此地无银三百两”。

Like a thief posing as judge, it is distorting facts driven typically by a guilty conscience.