A Rhode Island conman accused of faking his death and fleeing the United States to avoid rape and sexual assault allegations has been convicted of felony rape in the first of two criminal cases against him in Utah, prosecutors said.
A jury in Salt Lake County found Nicholas Alahverdian, 38, guilty of the first-degree rape of a 26-year-old Salt Lake County woman in 2008, according to the Salt Lake County District Attorney’s Office. The jury reached the guilty verdict on Wednesday, Aug. 13, following a three-day trial.
“We are grateful to the survivor in this case for her willingness to come forward, years after this attack took place,” Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill said in a statement. “We appreciate her patience as we worked to bring the defendant back to Salt Lake County so that this trial could take place and she could get justice. It took courage and bravery to take the stand and confront her attacker to hold him accountable.”
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After years of running, lies, and fake deaths, justice has finally caught up with him.