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