ɪn mˈɪdfˈɛbɹuːˌɛɹi tˈuː θˈaʊzənd fˈoːɹ, ɪɾ ɪmˈɜːdʒd ðˌæɾə fɹˈɛntʃ mˈæn nˈeɪmd dʒˈɔːɹdʒᵻz lˈɛkjuːˌɪt hæd ɹᵻpˈoːɹɾᵻd hɪz pˈæspoːɹt stˈoʊlən ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti ˈeɪt.
In mid-February 2004, it emerged that a French man named Georges Lecuit had reported his passport stolen in 1998.