UK - Nicholas Rossi, 34, aka Alahverdian aka Arthur Knight, faked death found alive in Glasgow , 15 Jan 2022 *extradited back to the US*

[YaYa_521]

Heavily SBM
US man who faked death found alive in Glasgow

• An American man believed to have faked his own death is facing extradition after being arrested in hospital in Glasgow.
• ...was wanted by Interpol...
• ...faces a charge of rape in Utah in the United States.
• ...was admitted to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in December with Covid-19
• ...Mr Rossi was also known as Nicholas Alahverdian in the state of Rhode Island where he was involved in local politics and was a critic of the state's child welfare system.
• Mr Rossi told US media in December 2019 that he had late-stage non-Hodgkin lymphoma and had weeks to live. Several outlets reported that he had died in February 2020.
• A memorial posted online declared him a "warrior that fought on the front lines for two decades" for children's rights and said his ashes had been scattered at sea.
• Investigations by other agencies have recognised him as Nicholas Alahverdian, Nicholas Alahverdian Rossi, Nicholas Edward Rossi, Nicholas Alahverdian-Rossi, Nick Alan, Nicholas Brown, Arthur Brown and Arthur Knight.
• The FBI also had a warrant for his arrest on charges of defrauding his foster father by taking out credit cards in his name and running up debts of more than $200,000.
• In 2018 the DNA review connected him to another sexual assault case in Ohio.
• ...in 2020 a woman claiming to be Nicholas Alahverdian's wife rang several media outlets and said he had died of cancer and urged them to write an obituary.

#much more at link

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/...f?shareToken=b8bfd3b40eb4ebb56c7bc504e551c37d
22 Jan 2022

'Do I think it’s possible he’s alive? Of course I do.': Why some are questioning if Nicholas Alahverdian is actually dead
January 28, 2021

Read Nicholas Alahverdian's Obituary & Leave Condolences
Nicholas Alahverdian’s battle for life ended on February 29, 2020. The children and families in the care of the Rhode Island Department of Children Youth and Families (DCYF) for whom he inspired and led through turbulent government transgressions have lost a warrior that fought on the front lines for two decades.

His last words were “fear not and run toward the bliss of the sun.”
...more at link

 

[LadyL]

I hope his 'wife/accomplice' is found and arrested too.

 

[curiouser_]

The latest...

NBC 10 I-Team speaks exclusively to man who denies he's Nicholas Alahverdian

 

[YaYa_521]

The latest...

NBC 10 I-Team speaks exclusively to man who denies he's Nicholas Alahverdian

#

NBC 10's Brian Crandall talks to a man in Scotland who identifies himself as Arthur Knight. Authorities say he is fugitive Nicholas Alahverdian.

 

[curiouser_]

This whole thing is just absurd. Being from RI it just blows my mind that someone from our tiny state has supposedly done this!

 

[AC's Grandma]

This whole thing is just absurd. Being from RI it just blows my mind that someone from our tiny state has supposedly done this!

Same here, it sounds crazy.

 

[Luwin]

Nicholas Rossi: The man accused of being a fugitive

 

[Doughy]

Some clips from the news...

https://twitter.com/jozix0/status/1501984720258748427?s=20&t=zsqLPVb1niVGyNbYQ8KkpA

https://twitter.com/STVNews/status/1501977807076958211?s=20&t=R_vGDyut7Jta8MbIk8jXzg

So here's a thing. If a man can't genuinely weight-bear he would be provided with a hoist or even a transfer board from OT before being discharged. Also, as a genuine wheelchair user he'd know to book a wheelchair taxi where they put the ramp down at the back.

 

[vls12345]

US fugitive who faked his death to avoid charges told to get a lawyer | Daily Mail Online

 

[Satchie]

I hope his 'wife/accomplice' is found and arrested too.

She might be fake too.

 

[LadyL]

She might be fake too.

well yes but whoever the woman is that made calls on his behalf

 

[Sheila Terranova]

Heavily SBM
US man who faked death found alive in Glasgow

• An American man believed to have faked his own death is facing extradition after being arrested in hospital in Glasgow.
• ...was wanted by Interpol...
• ...faces a charge of rape in Utah in the United States.
• ...was admitted to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in December with Covid-19
• ...Mr Rossi was also known as Nicholas Alahverdian in the state of Rhode Island where he was involved in local politics and was a critic of the state's child welfare system.
• Mr Rossi told US media in December 2019 that he had late-stage non-Hodgkin lymphoma and had weeks to live. Several outlets reported that he had died in February 2020.
• A memorial posted online declared him a "warrior that fought on the front lines for two decades" for children's rights and said his ashes had been scattered at sea.
• Investigations by other agencies have recognised him as Nicholas Alahverdian, Nicholas Alahverdian Rossi, Nicholas Edward Rossi, Nicholas Alahverdian-Rossi, Nick Alan, Nicholas Brown, Arthur Brown and Arthur Knight.
• The FBI also had a warrant for his arrest on charges of defrauding his foster father by taking out credit cards in his name and running up debts of more than $200,000.
• In 2018 the DNA review connected him to another sexual assault case in Ohio.
• ...in 2020 a woman claiming to be Nicholas Alahverdian's wife rang several media outlets and said he had died of cancer and urged them to write an obituary.

#much more at link

The Times & The Sunday Times
22 Jan 2022

'Do I think it’s possible he’s alive? Of course I do.': Why some are questioning if Nicholas Alahverdian is actually dead
January 28, 2021

Read Nicholas Alahverdian's Obituary & Leave Condolences
Nicholas Alahverdian’s battle for life ended on February 29, 2020. The children and families in the care of the Rhode Island Department of Children Youth and Families (DCYF) for whom he inspired and led through turbulent government transgressions have lost a warrior that fought on the front lines for two decades.

His last words were “fear not and run toward the bliss of the sun.”
...more at link

Okay. His last words, so poetic and inspiring, should have been a dead giveaway.

 

[musicaljoke]

Okay. His last words, so poetic and inspiring, should have been a dead giveaway.

dead giveaway.... heh!

 

[MajorHoople]

US fugitive who faked his death to avoid charges told to get a lawyer | Daily Mail Online

If Arthur Knight is really Nicholas Alahverdian he has put on a lot of weight in just a few years.

US fugitive who faked his death to avoid charges told to get a lawyer | Daily Mail Online

"An American man alleged to have faked his death and fled to the UK to evade sex and fraud charges before being caught in Scotland after nearly dying of Covid has been told to get a lawyer 'with haste'.

The accused claims to be Arthur Knight, a victim of mistaken identity who says he has never been to America.

But US authorities insist he is Nicholas Alahverdian, 34, a suspect wanted for extradition back to Utah to face a rape charge.

The man made headlines when was arrested on an Interpol notice at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow on December 13, having checked in under the alias Arthur Knight and been intubated after nearly dying of the virus."

 

[Doughy]

If Arthur Knight is really Nicholas Alahverdian he has put on a lot of weight in just a few years.

The same happened to me when I moved to Scotland tbh...

 

[DSCrime]

This entire story is crazy. Will follow.

Confused as to why Scottish courts let him out on bail. If he's been id by DNA & tattoos, then it seems he's been living in U.K. under a false British identity. Coupled with everything else, isn't that enough to keep him detained?

Nicholas Alaverdian shows up late to court in Scottland

"Authorities say Alahverdian was arrested in December while in a Glasgow hospital, where he almost died of COVID. He is wanted for a 2008 rape in Orem, Utah. The FBI was pursuing him for credit-card fraud when he faked his death in February 2020.

Authorities say he was positively identified by matching tattoos and DNA."

...

"He has also denied claims by a Glasgow pub owner who told The Journal he was a weekly regular who explained he sometimes slipped into using an American accent because he once worked in the United States."

 

[Doughy]

I'm confused as to how they originally caught him from the Scottish hospital bed. Is it standard to take patients DNA?!

 

[annpats]

I'm confused as to how they originally caught him from the Scottish hospital bed. Is it standard to take patients DNA?!

No, it isn't.

I'm curious as to how they realized who he was.....

 

[DSCrime]

Coming up with an alias like "Arthur Knight" in the U.K. sounds like something a fantasist would do...

 

[DSCrime]

Very good article w/ lots of info:

Fraudster who faked his own death to avoid charges reportedly spent time in Ireland

"Alahverdian was admitted to a Glasgow hospital under the name of Arthur Knight and staff at the hospital only learned that he was a wanted criminal when Interpol agents showed up and arrested him, according to the Scottish Sun."


His 2008 Utah sex charge came from clearing up rape kit backlog:

"David O. Leavitt, the chief prosecutor in Utah County, said that DNA from Alahverdian matched genetic evidence taken from the victim.

The rape kit had remained unanalyzed for a number of years until Leavitt was elected as county attorney in 2018 and ordered that languishing rape kits be entered into a national database of registered sex offenders.

"We got a hit," Leavitt told the New York Times, revealing that Alahverdian had been convicted of sexual imposition and public indecency while living under the name of Nicholas Rossi in 2008.

Sexual assault charges were filed against Alahverdian in September 2020, seven months after his purported death.

"We don’t make a practice of charging dead people," Leavitt said, adding that Alahverdian could have known that prosecutors were "onto him".