A FUGITIVE accused intercourse offender who faked his personal loss of life was ultimately given away by his tattoos, a courtroom was instructed.
American Nicholas Alahverdian, 34, who has used 16 aliases together with Nicholas Rossi, appeared in courtroom yesterday.
He was first arrested again in December at Queen Elizabeth College Hospital in Glasgow, the place he was being handled for COVID-19.
He's dealing with extradition to the US after fleeing in 2017 to evade costs involving id theft and fraud, and a 2008 sexual assault cost in Utah.
And based on the Instances, it was his tattoos that gave him away as police and hospital employees had been in a position to establish him because of the images police had.
Jennifer Johnston, for the prosecution, stated: “They've famous tattoos — and scarring on his different arm which is believed to have come from the tried elimination of tattoos.”
Prosecutors allege Alahverdian discharged himself the next day and returned to his dwelling in Glasgow.
He was denied bail at Edinburgh Sheriff Courtroom after being arrested in Glasgow on Thursday.
Utah County Lawyer David Leavitts workplace, which has charged Alahverdian in reference to a 2008 rape in Utah, confirmed Alahverdians arrest.
Leavitts workplace says Alahverdian, who was then utilizing the title Nicholas Rossi, sexually assaulted a former girlfriend in Orem, Utah.
The workplace has stated its investigation discovered different complaints alleging abuse and threatening behaviour towards girls in different states.
Moreover, authorities in Rhode Island have stated Alahverdian can be needed of their state for failing to register as a intercourse offender.
The FBI has stated he faces fraud costs in Ohio, the place he was convicted of sex-related costs in 2008.
Lately, Alahverdian had been an outspoken critic of Rhode Islands Division of Kids, Youth and Households, testifying earlier than state lawmakers about being sexually abused and tortured whereas in foster care.
Then in 2020, he instructed native media he had late-stage non-Hodgkin lymphoma and had weeks to dwell.
An obituary revealed on-line claimed he died on Feb. 29, 2020. However by final 12 months, Rhode Island state police, Alahverdians former lawyer and former foster household had been publicly doubting whether or not he truly died.
Considered one of his neighbours in Glasgow, Anna stated she was all the time suspecting one thing was not proper.
She instructed the Instances: “Arthur wearing three-piece fits with little silk pocket squares and a broad-brimmed hat.
“He seemed and appeared like a caricature of a complicated Englishman.”
“He was pleasant and well mannered, however there was one thing about him that gave me the creeps.”
The 34-year-old man shall be again in courtroom on Feb. 10 for a preliminary listening to, with a full listening to scheduled for Feb. 17, Scottish courtroom officers stated.
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