A Russian woman living in New York has been convicted of attempted murder and other charges after trying to kill a stuntman with poisoned cheesecake to steal her identity, prosecutors announced.
Viktoria Nasyrova, 47, faces up to 25 years in prison for the crime at her March 21 sentencing.
the native russian visited Olga Tsvyk in Forest Hills in 2016 with a sweet slice with bitter intentions, according to prosecutors. The dose knocked out Tsvyk, whose last memory before blacking out was seeing Nasyrova walking through her room.
A friend later found her unconscious, with pills scattered over her body as if she had attempted suicide, prosecutors said. Tsvyk recovered at a hospital and went to her home to find her passport and employment authorization card missing, along with other valuables.
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Convicted Russian poisoner Viktoria Nasyrova, left, and victim Olga Tsvyk, who survived. (Facebook)
“She mixed a slice of cheesecake with a deadly drug so she could steal her unsuspecting victim’s most valuable possession, her identity,” Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz said Thursday. “Fortunately, her victim survived, and the poison led directly to the culprit.”
Homeland Security investigators found Nasyrova’s DNA on the entire box of cheesecake, and determined that the slice had been laced with the Soviet-era sedative drug Phenazepam, the same drug found in the pills scattered around the street. Tsvyk’s room, according to authorities.
Viktoria Nasyrova, a native of Russia, allegedly gave her friend a cheesecake laced with a tranquilizer before stealing her identity, authorities said. (Facebook)
Nasyrova and Tsvyk had the same complexion, dark hair and similar physical features, according to prosecutors. And they both spoke Russian.
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Tsvyk was Nasyrova’s stylist at the time of the crime and testified at trial that the would-be killer showed up at her door claiming he needed an emergency touch-up.
Olga Tsvyk in an undated photo. (Facebook)
“She told me, ‘I’m in Brooklyn right now. I want to bring you a famous cheesecake from a famous bakery.’ I told her, Viktoria, that’s not necessary, just come over,'” Tsvyk said.
She testified that Nasyrova ate two slices of the cake upon her arrival earlier and offered a third slice that sickened Tsvyk about 20 minutes later.
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Nasyrova pleaded guilty in a separate attempted petty theft case in Brooklyn Supreme Court in 2019, following allegations that she drugged and robbed men she met on dating apps. She is also charged with drugging and killing her neighbor in Russia, setting her body on fire and fleeing to New York.
Fox News’ Landon Mion contributed to this report.
