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Article: Conman held in US swoop.
- Article from:
- Gulf Daily News (Manama, Bahrain)
- Article date:
- October 1, 2009
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AN international conman who once impersonated a Bahraini businessman at a London hotel and stole $85,000 (BD32,130) worth of designer clothes, jewellery and cash, has been arrested in the US.
Juan Carlos Guzman-Betancourt was caught at a petrol station in Vermont, after allegedly sneaking back across the border after earlier being deported to Canada.
The 33-year-old was wanted in the US following a burglary in Nevada in 2006 and has also been wanted in Canada, Colombia, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Thailand and Venezuela, according to international reports.
He is believed at one point to have passed through Bahrain, but Interior Ministry officials ...