There were claims that he had been seen in a suburb of Moscow, and that he "regularly" visited Thessaloniki and Athens, which raised suspicions that numerous fake reports were sent to cover his trail.
Neki tvrde da je viđen u predgrađu Moskve i da je "često" posjetitelj Soluna i Atene, što je podiglo sumnju da su mnoga lažna izvješća poslana kako bi se pokrio njegov trag.