Youssef Khater

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Youssef Khater
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Youssef Khater

(1978-03-19) March 19, 1978 (age 45)
NationalityLebanese
Other names
  • Joseph Carter
  • Josef Maria
August Eriksen
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Victims
  • Dominic Rayner
  • Callie Quinn
  • Carlos Medina
  • Maher Khatib

Youssef Khater 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]

After serving time in Denmark, he ran a marathon in Costa Rica in 2015. [6] In 2017, he was arrested for fraud, but released in Puerto Viejo de Talamanca. [7]

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