On Wednesday, a 23-year-old woman in the UAE pleaded guilty after stealing her Emirati aunt's passport ... in an attempt to fly out to Turkey.
In May, the woman managed to get through passport control at the Dubai International Airport with no interruptions, however, she was caught upon returning to the UAE.
"My niece told my family that she was going out with her friends that evening, but later she switched off her phone and didn't return home," the aunt testified, according to Gulf News.
The accused, who does not have personal identification papers, was detained after immigration officers in Dubai's airport received a notification with regards to the passport in use.
During a court hearing on Wednesday, the woman admitted to stealing her aunt's passport to travel to Turkey for a period of two weeks.
Fahd Al Shamsi, the presiding judge on the case, asked the woman if she had reconciled with her aunt, to which she replied:
"No. I have nothing to add."
The aunt told prosecutors that when she noticed her passport missing, she immediately reported it to the police.
"After checking the immigration e-records, they notified me that someone who flew out to Turkey had used my passport," the aunt said, according to Gulf News.
Passport fraud has happened before ... in quite a different way
A Jordanian man - who works as a sports coach in a company supervised by the UAE Armed Forces - used coffee to alter the UAE stamps on his passport ... to avoid a cut to his salary.
In January, the bizarre case was >heard in a Dubai court, nearly three years after the alterations were made.
Apparently, the defendant's colleagues had warned him that money would be deducted from his salary after he overstayed his annual leave.
A fine of 500 Emirati dirhams ($136.13) would be taken from him per day.
Wanting to avoid losing the money, the man used a wet tissue and coffee to alter the entry and exit dates on his passport, according to Gulf Today.
He then gave his passport to his company without anyone noticing. Two years had passed before an immigration officer noticed the discrepancy in how the stamps appeared.
Initially, the Jordanian tried to argue that he poured coffee on his passport by mistake, but eventually admitted what he'd done.