Alleged Scammer’s Rampage Dates Back to 2020 in Costa Rica

Last night, we told you about a tourist who is in police custody after allegedly scamming a high-end resort of twenty-seven thousand dollars in services. As we reported, a man who is identified as forty-year-old American national Nicolas Paula spent nine days at It’zana Resort and left the resort without settling his debt. He was detained in San Pedro on Tuesday. Well, News Five has learned that allegations against this individual surfaced from as far back as June 2020 in Costa Rica. A vacation home rental company in Costa Rica shared on social media that the same individual, who at the time was being identified as Christopher Marchena, was using pictures and videos of their homes to scam people. The report alleges that Marchena was deceiving people by offering them very low prices and asking for advance payments. That was almost four years ago and today he has found himself in a great deal of trouble far from home. Further allegations are that he scammed multiple business establishments in Belize. We continue to follow.