A Rhode Island man who faked his death and fled to the UK to evade sex and fraud charges has insisted he is an Englishman called Arthur Knight in a bizarre TV interview.
On-the-lam fugitive Nicholas Alahverdian was arrested last week in his pajamas after missing an extradition hearing in Scotland, where he moved after faking his death to evade a US rape charge
Canadian food author and TV personality Nafsika Antypas (right) says US fugitive Nicholas Alahverdian (left) swindled her out of $30,000US after she hired him to help grow her vegan food brand
The man said to be Nicholas Rossi, who goes by at least ten aliases, appeared at a hearing in Edinburgh on Friday in a wheelchair wearing an oxygen mask, pyjamas, a dressing gown and socks.
A fugitive who faked his own death to escape sex and fraud charges in the US - only to be nabbed after catching Covid and nearly dying in a Scotland hospital was declared a fugitive Thursday