Youssef Khater

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Youssef Khater
Born
Youssef Khater

(1978-03-19) March 19, 1978 (age 46)
NationalityLebanese
Other names
  • Joseph Carter
  • Josef Maria
August Eriksen
Criminal charge
Details
Victims
  • Dominic Rayner
  • Callie Quinn
  • Carlos Medina
  • Maher Khatib

Youssef Khater, who was featured on Season 1 Episode 3 of Netflix's Worst Roommate Ever series, is a Danish fraudster who was convicted of attempted murder in Chile and fraud in Denmark. [1] [2] He previously served for 10 years in the Royal Danish Navy. [1] [3] Khater was dishonorably discharged at the age of 28 for fraud.[ citation needed ]

Criminal history

Khater was arrested in Denmark in 2009 for fraud, arson, embezzlement, and forgery but did not appear for his January 2011 trial. [1] In 2012, he was convicted of attempted murder of a Texas woman in Chile, and sentenced to 600 days. [4] [5]

Khater portrayed himself as an "extreme marathon runner" who befriended sportspeople as part of his cons. After serving time in Denmark, he ran a marathon in Costa Rica in 2015 and thus began his marathon con. [6] In 2017, he was arrested for fraud, but released in Puerto Viejo de Talamanca. [7]

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