Nicholas Rossi, alleged rapist accused of faking own death, can be extradited to US: sheriffBy Olivia Land
August 2, 2023
An alleged rapist accused of faking his own death and living under a false identity abroad can be extradited from Scotland to the US, officials ruled Wednesday.
The 35-year-old man believed to be fugitive Nicholas Rossi — who also used the last name Alahverdian — was “as dishonest and deceitful as he is evasive and manipulative” and should face charges in his home country, Edinburgh Sheriff Norman McFadyen said, according to the BBC.
The decision will now appear before the Scottish ministers.
Rossi, who now claims to be an Irish orphan named Arthur Knight, is a sex offender and was facing criminal charges in both Utah and Ohio when he supposedly died from non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in February 2020.
He was found in December 2021 at a hospital in Glasgow, where he was on a ventilator for COVID-19, the Providence Journal reported at the time.
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2023/08/02/alleged-rapist-accused-of-faking-own-death-can-be-extradited-to-us-sheriff/
