Juan Carlos Guzmán-Betancourt
# Juan Carlos Guzmán-Betancourt

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

## Early life

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

## Criminal record

Betancourt was first arrested in the United Kingdom in 1998 on suspicion of four burglaries at 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.

