71 Facts About Nicholas Alahverdian

In January 2020, Nicholas Alahverdian said that he had been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

In February 2020, news outlets reported Nicholas Alahverdian's death, citing his family's anonymous testimony and his obituary.

Nicholas Alahverdian gave up his claim of mistaken identity in a Utah court on August 23,2024, and formally admitted to faking his death during a bail hearing on October 16 of that year.

Nicholas Alahverdian has alleged that, for a period of 15 months beginning in March 2002, the DCYF placed him in their "night-to-night" program, in which a youth would spend their days at a DCYF building in Pawtucket and nights at one of several shelters around Rhode Island, including locations in Central Falls, Providence, Narragansett, or Woonsocket.

Nicholas Alahverdian said he did not attend school during this period.

The Providence Journal, in April 2012, described the night-to-night program as a "stifling" experience and said Nicholas Alahverdian was "denied a substantial chunk of his childhood".

Nicholas Alahverdian was hired as a legislative page in the Rhode Island House of Representatives at age 14.

Nicholas Alahverdian said that he informed lawmakers about his negative experience in DCYF care, but received no assistance.

Brian G Coogan, a Rhode Island Representative at the time, stated that he felt sorry for the teenage Alahverdian and took action to formally adopt him, but was warned off from doing so by Family Court Chief Judge Jeremiah S Jeremiah.

Coogan said that Jeremiah predicted that Nicholas Alahverdian "will try to undermine you and turn your family upside-down".

Local media reported that Nicholas Alahverdian was sent by DCYF to Boys Town in Nebraska and Manatee Palms Youth Services in Florida in 2003.

Nicholas Alahverdian alleged that he was sent out of state because, in Rhode Island, he was "a source of information on DCYF".

In 2005, Nicholas Alahverdian was returned to Rhode Island, where he received treatment at Bradley Hospital for two weeks.

Nicholas Alahverdian told WPRI that he was beaten daily in Florida, Nebraska, and Rhode Island by other youths in DCYF programs.

Nicholas Alahverdian told WJAR that he suffered "torture, beatings, assault", and neglect under DCYF care until 2005.

In 2017, Nicholas Alahverdian lived with a friend in Providence, Rhode Island.

The friend later applied for a restraining order against Nicholas Alahverdian, accusing Nicholas Alahverdian of refusing to move out and cashing checks belonging to the friend.

Nicholas Alahverdian eventually left the United States, settling in South Bristol, England, with a woman named Miranda Knight.

Nicholas Alahverdian never spoke about his family and told Miranda he was from Dublin, Ireland, and was working in online marketing and public relations, said Miranda's brother.

In February 2020, Nicholas Alahverdian faked his death to American media.

Nicholas Alahverdian founded NexusGovernment, an organization to lobby for child welfare.

In March 2011, after meeting Nicholas Alahverdian, state representative Roberto DaSilva submitted a proposal to further restrict DCYF from using facilities outside of Rhode Island; the proposal was a cost-cutting measure.

Hull later said that Nicholas Alahverdian had continually pressed him to introduce this legislation before faking his death, describing the process as being that Nicholas Alahverdian would "just beat you down".

Joanne Giannini said that Nicholas Alahverdian continually asked her for money.

In February 2011, Nicholas Alahverdian initiated a federal lawsuit against the DCYF, the states of Florida and Nebraska, six residential facilities, and 18 individuals, for alleged abuse committed against him.

Nicholas Alahverdian acknowledged that he had released the state of Rhode Island and its government employees from liability.

Nicholas Alahverdian agreed to dismiss two other lawsuits he had filed, one which accused DCYF of violating a confidentiality agreement, and another against state sheriffs.

Nicholas Alahverdian filed a motion for a retrial based on a newly surfaced Myspace post allegedly written by the victim, which claimed that she had lied about the incident.

Nicholas Alahverdian sued his victim, accusing her of libel as she had described him as "crazy".

The result of that court case came in 2014, where Nicholas Alahverdian's claim was found to be without merit.

Police arrested an uncooperative Nicholas Alahverdian, who proclaimed his innocence and "started hitting his head up against the bars on the back window" of the police cruiser, resulting in the police using pepper spray to stop him.

Nicholas Alahverdian first married on November 5,2010, and his wife divorced him in May 2011.

In October 2015, Nicholas Alahverdian was married for the second time.

The divorce was made official in 2017, with Nicholas Alahverdian owing his ex-wife $52,000 he borrowed to purportedly support a community service agency.

Nicholas Alahverdian accused him of becoming "violent" the day after they were married.

Shortly before he faked his death in early 2020, Nicholas Alahverdian was aware that the FBI was investigating him for fraud.

Nicholas Alahverdian told The Providence Journal that he and his family had moved to Quebec, Canada.

Raymond Hull of Rhode Island believed that Nicholas Alahverdian's purported widow said that he had moved to either Ireland or Germany.

Antypas said she hired Alahverdian to promote her vegan lifestyle television series, Plant-Based by Nafsika.

In July 2010, a woman made a police report in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, that Nicholas Alahverdian brought her to his dwelling, took her cellphone, stopped her from leaving while threatening suicide, asked her to sit on his lap and kiss him, and only let her go after she screamed at him.

Nicholas Alahverdian later told police that he was "currently being treated for depression", so they sent him to undergo psychological evaluation.

Nicholas Alahverdian accused him of inviting her to his home in Orem, Utah in September 2008 on the pretext of repaying the money he owed her.

In January 2020, Nicholas Alahverdian reported that he had been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

Nicholas Alahverdian provided this information to a number of media organizations.

The Providence Journal later stated that Nicholas Alahverdian "insisted" that they report his illness.

The person claiming to be his widow said that Nicholas Alahverdian would be cremated and his remains scattered at sea.

Nicholas Alahverdian refused to provide copies of Alahverdian's death certificate to The Providence Journal.

Nicholas Alahverdian's purported wife would not publicly reveal her identity or where the family had moved, citing threats.

Alahverdian's former attorney Jeffrey B Pine expressed doubts concerning Alahverdian's death, as the announcements of his illness and death came shortly after Alahverdian learned of the FBI's investigation against him.

Nicholas Alahverdian's purported widow denied that he had faked his death, stating that he died in her presence.

Michael Cockram, a Wikipediocracy blog team member, said that multiple Wikipedia accounts created by Nicholas Alahverdian had edited the Wikipedia page after the date of his purported death, and that one of these accounts had tried to remove the image used to illustrate Nicholas Alahverdian, replacing it with an image of another person.

Cockram, who believed that Nicholas Alahverdian was still alive, alleged that Nicholas Alahverdian was now trying to take down the Wikipedia article about him, as well as remove any information that disputed his reported death.

Shortly after arrangements were made, Father Healy was contacted by State Police Detective Conor O'Donnell who requested cancellation of the mass, stating that Nicholas Alahverdian was alive and had faked his own death and was a fugitive from justice.

Father Healy later described the 'woman' he spoke to as sounding like Hyacinth Bucket, with "a very high-pitched English woman's accent"; he was advised by the police that the caller was Nicholas Alahverdian using a "voice disguiser".

Nicholas Alahverdian was receiving treatment for COVID-19 under the name Arthur Knight.

Nicholas Alahverdian was identified by observation of his tattoos and his fingerprints, which matched police records for Rossi.

Scarring on one arm suggested Nicholas Alahverdian had tried to remove one of the tattoos.

Johnston said that Nicholas Alahverdian attempted to leave the hospital via a private taxi company, and that even before the bail hearing he had "attempted to source a private ambulance and that he tried to source oxygen".

On January 20,2022, after Nicholas Alahverdian missed his hearing at the Edinburgh Sheriff Court, he was arrested again in Glasgow, had his bail revoked, and was remanded into custody.

Nicholas Alahverdian was again granted bail in early February 2022.

The arrested man claimed not to know Coogan, but Coogan identified the man as Nicholas Alahverdian, describing that Nicholas Alahverdian had a scar beside his right eye, which a reporter confirmed the arrested man did have.

When Coogan further stated that Nicholas Alahverdian had tattoos on his biceps of a barcode and a bird wing, the arrested man did not show his biceps, and the video call was ended abruptly.

Nicholas Alahverdian's application for bail was refused because there was a "substantial risk" that he would abscond or fail to appear in court; he was remanded in custody until his next court appearance.

The court heard that hospital staff feared for their safety when Nicholas Alahverdian jumped out of bed and ran at them, after being told that he was fit to be discharged from hospital; the Sheriff commented that Nicholas Alahverdian's claims that he could not stand were "not credible".

Nicholas Alahverdian wore a black robe and kippah, as he claimed to have converted to Judaism while in custody.

On November 11,2022, Sheriff Norman McFadyen of Edinburgh Sheriff Court ruled using the standard of the balance of probabilities that the arrested man's identity is Nicholas Alahverdian Rossi, basing his ruling on fingerprint, tattoo and photographic evidence.

Nicholas Alahverdian claimed he was being "taunted" by remand prisoners at HM Prison Edinburgh singing "Leaving on a Jet Plane" by John Denver to him.

In December 2023, the High Court of Justiciary ruled that Nicholas Alahverdian should be extradited, upholding a decision by the Scottish government to approve the extradition request.

Nicholas Alahverdian was extradited back to the United States on January 5,2024.

The first trial, wherein Nicholas Alahverdian will be defended by Samantha Dugan, Esq.

On January 7,2025, Nicholas Alahverdian rejected a plea deal by the prosecution, meaning his trial will officially start on September 17.