This April 2005 file photo released by London's Metropolitan Police shows Juan Carlos Guzman-Betancourt at Southwark Crown Court in London. Guzman-Betancourt was arrested as he waited for a taxi at a gas station in Derby Line, Vt., on Sept. 21. (Metropolitan Police/Associated Press)

A man accused by Canada and seven other countries of conning wealthy hotel guests has been arrested in Vermont, U.S. authorities said Tuesday.

Juan Carlos Guzman-Betancourt, a 33-year-old Colombian, was arrested Sept. 21 at a gas station in Derby Line, Vt., near the Canada-U.S. border.

Guzman-Betancourt told the U.S. Border Patrol his car broke down in Quebec and he unknowingly walked across the border into the U.S., authorities said.

Guzman-Betancourt is charged with re-entering the U.S. after being deported.

Police said the man has used at least 10 aliases, using good looks and charm to get into rooms and locked safes.

Convicted of larceny in Virginia and New York and fraud in Florida, Guzman-Betancourt is wanted in Canada, Colombia, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Thailand, the United States and Venezuela.

Guzman-Betancourt has been tossed out of the U.S. three times, and U.S. prosecutors said he faces possible deportation to Colombia.

"He is a highly accomplished liar — plausible, believable and very professional. He commits these offences for a living and is, therefore, incredibly well-versed in identity theft, hotel and foreign travel," Det. Sgt. Andy Swindells testified at Guzman-Betancourt's 2005 trial in London, England.

He was convicted in that case of stealing cash and jewelry from London's Madarin Oriental Hotel in May 2001 and the Dorchester Hotel in December 2004 while using the alias of Gonzalo Zapater Vives. He received a three-year jail sentence.