Nicholas Alahverdian Obituary Is Fake: Died To Evade Law Enforcement – Case Details
Recently, there has been a lot of buzz surrounding the Nicholas Alahverdian obituary that has been circulating online. However, it has been reported that this obituary is actually fake and that Nicholas Alahverdian, a former Rhode Island resident, died in order to evade law enforcement.
Nicholas Alahverdian was a child welfare advocate and author who exposed the abuses and corruption in the Rhode Island foster care system.
He was a survivor of horrific abuse and neglect at the hands of his foster parents and state-contracted group homes.
Alahverdian fought for his right to education and sued the state for violating his constitutional rights. He also campaigned for legislative reforms to improve the quality and oversight of foster care services.
Nicholas Alahverdian Obituary Is Fake: Died To Evade Law Enforcement
Alahverdian was born on July 11, 1987, in Rhode Island. He alleged that his parents were abusive and alcoholic and that they could not take care of him.
He was diagnosed with behavioral and mental health issues, such as narcissistic personality disorder and attention deficit disorder.
He was placed in psychiatric care at various hospitals and later in the custody of the Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF), Rhode Island’s social service system.
Alahverdian claimed that he suffered abuse and negligence in the DCYF’s “night-to-night” program, where he had to spend his days at a DCYF building and his nights at different shelters around the state.
In 2010, Alahverdian founded an organization called NexusGovernment, which he said was dedicated to reforming the DCYF and protecting the rights of children in state care.
In 2020, Alahverdian claimed he had non-Hodgkin lymphoma and had only weeks to live. He published an obituary on his website and social media accounts, saying he died peacefully surrounded by his family.
However, this was a hoax to avoid prosecution and extradition, as he fled the country after the FBI initiated a fraud investigation against him. The Rhode Island police had a warrant on him for failure to register as a sex offender.
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Nicholas Alahverdian case details
While Alahverdian portrayed himself as a crusader for justice, he had a dark side that he kept hidden from most people.
In 2008, he was convicted of sexual imposition and public indecency under the name Nicholas Rossi in Ohio after he groped and masturbated in front of a female college student in a stairwell.
He was sentenced to probation and ordered to register as a sex offender.
In 2020, Alahverdian announced that he had been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, a type of cancer that affects the lymphatic system.
He said he had only months to live and wanted to spend his final days with his family and friends. In February 2020, news outlets reported Alahverdian’s death, citing his family’s anonymous testimony and his obituary.
In 2021, Alahverdian was discovered in a hospital in Scotland, where he was undergoing treatment for COVID-19.
After faking his death, he moved to Scotland, where he lived under the name Arthur Knight. However, authorities identified him as Nicholas Alahverdian after his fingerprints were verified.
Authorities revealed that Alahverdian was wanted on a warrant for failure to register as a sex offender in Rhode Island and that he was investigated by the FBI for fraud related to his NexusGovernment organization.
They also said that Alahverdian was a suspect in a 2008 rape case in Utah, where he had allegedly sexually assaulted a woman whom he had met on Myspace.
The case had been reopened after DNA evidence from the victim matched Alahverdian’s profile in a national database of registered sex offenders.
He is currently awaiting extradition to the United States, where he faces a long prison sentence if convicted.
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