A man who was stranded thousands of miles from home has said he is now homeless in Brighton because of bank bureaucracy. Stephen Thomas, 48, of Brighton, was stuck in the Dominican Republic when Santander froze his account after fraudsters tried to steal from his £93,000 savings. The bank told him he would have to fly back to England to prove his identity before he would be allowed access to his money. But without any funds he could not buy a plane ticket home.