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Nick Alahverdian, suspected of faking his death, found in Scotland, say police
Hat tip, Newser, the clickbait site
His Obituary Said He Died of Cancer. 2 Years Later, He Almost Died of COVID
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Nick Alahverdian, suspected of faking his death, found in Scotland, say police
Tom Mooney
The Providence Journal
Published 3:34 p.m. ET Jan. 12, 2022 | Updated 1:03 p.m. ET Jan. 13, 2022
Nicholas Alahverdian is alive, say police. ... The Rhode Island man who state and federal law-enforcement officials suspect faked his own death in 2020 — after his vociferous claims to reporters that he was on death’s door — turned up in a hospital in Scotland, where he almost died of COVID.
“He was located in Scotland about a month ago, where he was on a ventilator,” Rhode Island State Police Maj. Robert A. Creamer confirmed to The Journal on Wednesday.
Creamer said the state police were notified this week by officials in Utah that Alahverdian had been found. ... Utah officials told The Journal on Wednesday that DNA evidence linked Alahverdian to a 2018 sexual-assault case there. At the time Alahverdian was using the alias Nicholas Rossi.
Through their investigation, the Utah County Attorney’s Office said, agents “discovered that Nicholas Rossi was a suspect in a number of similar offenses in Utah and throughout the United States after [an initial] 2008 incident.”
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Nick Alahverdian, suspected of faking his death, found in Scotland, say police
Tom Mooney
The Providence Journal
Published 3:34 p.m. ET Jan. 12, 2022 | Updated 1:03 p.m. ET Jan. 13, 2022
Nicholas Alahverdian is alive, say police. ... The Rhode Island man who state and federal law-enforcement officials suspect faked his own death in 2020 — after his vociferous claims to reporters that he was on death’s door — turned up in a hospital in Scotland, where he almost died of COVID.
“He was located in Scotland about a month ago, where he was on a ventilator,” Rhode Island State Police Maj. Robert A. Creamer confirmed to The Journal on Wednesday.
Creamer said the state police were notified this week by officials in Utah that Alahverdian had been found. ... Utah officials told The Journal on Wednesday that DNA evidence linked Alahverdian to a 2018 sexual-assault case there. At the time Alahverdian was using the alias Nicholas Rossi.
Through their investigation, the Utah County Attorney’s Office said, agents “discovered that Nicholas Rossi was a suspect in a number of similar offenses in Utah and throughout the United States after [an initial] 2008 incident.”
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