Juan Carlos Guzmán-Betancourt

Juan Carlos Guzmán-Betancourt (born 1976) is a Colombian criminal and impostor. Guzmán is believed to have stolen at least $1 million in various countries.[1] He has used at least ten different false identities and has been pursued in Colombia, Venezuela, Mexico, Canada, Russia, Thailand and Japan.[1]

Early life

Guzmán was born in 1976 in Roldanillo, Colombia.[2] On June 4, 1993, he arrived to Miami as a wheel-well stowaway, calling himself Guillermo Rosales.[2] As an unnamed male, "13 years old", he was listed in the FAA report on flights with stowaways.[3]

Criminal record

Betancourt was first arrested in the United Kingdom in 1998 on suspicion of four burglaries at the Le Méridien Piccadilly Hotel, and of using a stolen credit card. In the U.S. states of Virginia and New York, Guzmán was convicted of larceny and credit card fraud in Florida, being deported from the U.S. three times.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "International conman captured at US-Canada border". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Juan Carlos Guzman-Betancourt: A gifted conman". The Independent. 15 April 2006. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  3. ↑ "Survival at High Altitudes: Wheel-Well Passengers" (PDF). FAA. October 1996. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
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