Nicholas Alahverdian, the Rhode Islander who faked his death five years ago and turned up in Scotland using a made-up identity, was convicted of rape this week in Utah. It was the first of two rape trials he faces there. See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.

Nicholas Alahverdian, the Rhode Islander who faked his death five years ago and turned up in Scotland using a made-up identity, was convicted of rape this week in Utah. It was the first of two rape trials he faces there. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Nicholas Alahverdian, the Rhode Islander who faked his death five years ago and turned up in Scotland using a made-up identity, was convicted of rape this week in Utah. It was the first of two rape trials he faces there. See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.

Nicholas Alahverdian convicted of rape in Utah

A glowing obituary. Funeral plans. But investigators quickly became suspicious that Nicholas Alahaverdian faked his own death. They knew legal problems, including a rape allegation, were closing in on the man who made a name for himself as an advocate at Rhode Island’s State House. And two years later, on the other side of the Atlantic, international authorities claim they captured him. But the man going by the name Arthur Knight insists it’s a case of mistaken identity and that he is not the fugitive. NBC 10 talks to those who claim Alahverdian was a master manipulator … and the man in the middle of the mystery.

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A glowing obituary. Funeral plans. But investigators quickly became suspicious that Nicholas Alahaverdian faked his own death. They knew legal problems, including a rape allegation, were closing in on the man who made a name for himself as an advocate at Rhode Island’s State House. And two years later, on the other side of the Atlantic, international authorities claim they captured him. But the man going by the name Arthur Knight insists it’s a case of mistaken identity and that he is not the fugitive. NBC 10 talks to those who claim Alahverdian was a master manipulator … and the man in the middle of the mystery.

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