Juan Carlos Guzman Betancur is a con-man like no other. He's smuggled his way into more than 50 countries, stolen millions of dollars, and deceived pretty much everyone he's ever met. In this podcast series, investigative reporter Darrell Brown teams up with former Metropolitan Police Detective Christian Plowman to take a journey through Juan's crimes - to unpack his extraordinary life - and to try and find him... it's a journey which takes two years, and spans the globe. Why does Juan Carlos do the things he does? You might not believe the answer.
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episode 3: Con In A Flash
After charting his journey to America, Darrell is now in London, with Christian, finding out the details of how Juan came to be on the radar of the Metropolitan Police. We learn about his crimes across the capital, how the police were left to rue missed opportunities on the continent, and how, finally, a chance encounter led to Juan facing justice for his crimes, and leaving Christian lost for words.