[7][8][9][10][11] Alahverdian alleged that he suffered abuse and negligence from the Department of Children Youth and Families (DCYF), Rhode Island's social service system.

[7][12][13][14] In support of this allegation, he unsuccessfully sued the DCYF in federal court in 2011, then voluntarily dismissed the lawsuit when Rhode Island waived his medical expenses debt of around US$200,000.

[17][18] The reports of his death were disputed, as they occurred after the FBI initiated a fraud investigation against him, while Rhode Island police had issued a warrant for him for failure to register as a sex offender.

[13][27][24] In a 2011 lawsuit filed against the Rhode Island DCYF, he testified that he was prohibited from contacting others, such as the media, attorneys, the state child advocate, and his caseworker during this period.

[31] For a short period of time, Alahverdian studied comparative literature in extension program classes offered by Harvard University.

[32] After Alahverdian failed to overturn his sex offender conviction, "he became a men's rights figurehead for radicalized people" who claim they are unable to get romantic or sexual partners despite desiring them—often referred to as incels.

[38][39] In February 2020, Rhode Island state representatives Ray Hull, John J. Lombardi, David Bennett, and James N. McLaughlin proposed an "Emergency Oversight Commission" to monitor DCYF, as advocated by Alahverdian.

"[30] In February 2011, Alahverdian initiated a federal lawsuit against the Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth & Families (DCYF), the states of Florida and Nebraska, six residential facilities, and 18 individuals, for alleged abuse committed against him.

[45] According to a Sinclair Community College student, in January 2008, she met Alahverdian on campus in Ohio and had lunch with him, after which he offered to walk with her to her next class; then in a basement stairwell, he "pinned" her against a wall, groped her and masturbated.

[46] Later in 2008, Alahverdian, under the name Nicholas Rossi, was convicted of public indecency and sexual imposition for the incident at Sinclair Community College, and was required to register as a sex offender.

[47] He filed a motion for a retrial based on a newly surfaced Myspace post allegedly written by the victim, which claimed that she had lied about the incident.

[8] In February 2022, The Providence Journal further reported that his second wife said she met the "smooth talker" Alahverdian through a singles ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and that he claimed to be a Mormon.

During their marriage, she said Alahverdian "tried to hurt [her] with a knife", threatened suicide, controlled her appearance, "wanted [her] to stay confined to the house", and cut her off from friends and family.

After their divorce, Alahverdian failed to adhere to the judge's order to pay her over $7,000 in overdue spousal support and legal fees, instead leaving Ohio for Rhode Island.

[44] According to the Sunday Mail, after faking his death, Alahverdian allegedly posed as a marketing expert, in order to defraud Canadian businesswoman Nafsika Antypas of $40,000, by accepting her employment and a salary of $100,000 per year, but failing to produce any results.

[33] When Antypas ended their working relationship, Alahverdian allegedly sent her abuse and threats, and posted lies about her online, but eventually ceased contact in June 2020.

[52] In July 2010, a woman made a police report in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, that Alahverdian brought her to his dwelling, took her cellphone, stopped her from leaving while threatening suicide, asked her to sit on his lap and kiss him, and only let her go after she screamed at him.

[50] In December 2010, a woman made a police report in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, that she had dinner with Alahverdian and then visited his apartment, continually rejected his requests for sex, and accused him of stopping her from leaving, forcing her to pay him $200 and to declare on video that she "could not pursue legal action and that the money she gave him was for therapy for him due to her violent actions and her sexual addiction" before she could leave his custody.

The document noted police reports against Alahverdian in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Ohio, and Utah "involving criminal cases of sex assault, harassment, and possible kidnapping from 2007 through 2019.

[55] The other cases reported showed a "consistent pattern of behavior" according to a Utah investigator, whereby Alahverdian was accused of starting "inappropriate contact", then he would "threaten suicide or will force a non-consensual sexual encounter", and later tell police "that the female is the aggressor".

[55] On July 13, 2022, the office of the Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill filed charges against Alahverdian for first degree sexual assault and issued a no-bail warrant for his arrest.

[42] In July 2020, Rhode Island State Police began investigating the authenticity of Alahverdian's death; no conclusion had been reached by January 2021.

[44] Father Healy later described the 'woman' he spoke to as sounding like Hyacinth Bucket, with "a very high-pitched English woman's accent"; he was advised by the police that the caller was Alahverdian using a "voice disguiser".

[30] On January 20, 2022, after Alahverdian missed his hearing at the Edinburgh Sheriff Court, he was arrested again in Glasgow, had his bail revoked, and was remanded into custody.

[67] In mid-February, Sky News set up a video call between the arrested man and former Rhode Island lawmaker Brian Coogan, who knew Alahverdian for over 20 years.

Prosecutor Julie Clark stated that there was evidence he was in fact fit to go to court and to be detained, despite previous claims that he was medically unfit and unable to do so.

[81] Sheriff Dickson confirmed that an application for bail could be made to the appeal court, and refused defence lawyer David Kinloch's request to delay proceedings to November.

[19] On November 28, 2022, Essex Police in England confirmed Rossi is under investigation for an alleged rape there, which would likely delay any extradition to the United States should this result in charges.

[91] A four-part documentary about Alahverdian, Imposter: The Man Who Came Back from the Dead, was shown on the British Channel 4 in May 2024 and described by reviewer Lucy Mangan as "the absolute zenith of true-crime TV".

[95] On August 22, 2024, Judge Lawrence ordered for Alahverdian, also known as Nicholas Rossi, to stand trial in Utah, with an arraignment and bail hearing scheduled for October 17.