{"id":26913,"date":"2024-01-05T11:30:50","date_gmt":"2024-01-05T16:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=26913"},"modified":"2024-01-07T05:39:17","modified_gmt":"2024-01-07T10:39:17","slug":"us-fugitive-nicholas-rossi-finally-extradited-from-scotland-to-utah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2024\/01\/05\/us-fugitive-nicholas-rossi-finally-extradited-from-scotland-to-utah\/","title":{"rendered":"US fugitive Nicholas Rossi finally extradited from Scotland to Utah"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An American suspected of faking his own death and hiding out in Scotland has been extradited back to the US.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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A court ruled the man claiming to be an Irish orphan named Arthur Knight was actually registered sex offender Nicholas Rossi.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The 36-year-old was caught while being treated for Covid-19 when he was arrested at a hospital in Glasgow in December 2021.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He is wanted in Utah in connection with rape claims.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Rossi lost his final appeal against being returned from Scotland to his homeland on 14 December.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Scotland’s Justice Secretary Angela Constance signed an order approving the decision in September.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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It is understood Rossi – also known in the US as Nicholas Alahverdian – left on a private flight from Edinburgh Airport on Friday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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