Viktoria Nasyrova: Woman guilty of lookalike cheesecake poisoning plot

A Russian pistillate surviving successful New York metropolis has been recovered blameworthy of attempting to execution her doppelgänger successful a bizarre identity-theft plot.

Viktoria Nasyrova tried to termination her beautician Olga Tsvyk successful 2016 by giving her a portion of cheesecake poisoned with a beardown sedative.

However Ms Tsvyk survived, and erstwhile she returned from hospital, recovered her individuality documents had been stolen.

Nasyrova volition beryllium sentenced adjacent month, and is facing up to 25 years successful prison.

At the time, the brace looked rather similar, with acheronian hairsbreadth and the aforesaid tegument complexion, and they were some Russian speakers.

"The assemblage saw done the deception and schemes of the defendant," Melinda Katz, the Queens District Attorney said successful a statement.

"Fortunately, her unfortunate survived and the poison led close backmost to the culprit," Ms Katz added.

The assemblage heard that successful August 2016, Nasyrova, present 47, went to her beautician's location successful Queens with a container of cheesecake - eating 2 pieces herself, and offering the third, poisoned portion to Ms Tsvyk, who was 35 astatine the time. She started to vomit and went to prevarication down.

"Before passing out, the woman's past representation was of seeing the suspect walking astir her room," Ms Katz's connection said.

Ms Tsvyk's person recovered her unconscious the adjacent day, her apparel changed to lacey lingerie and pills scattered astir the level arsenic if she had tried to instrumentality her ain life.

When she yet returned home, Ms Tsvyk's Ukrainian passport and US enactment licence were missing, arsenic good arsenic jewellery and astir $4,000 (£3,300) successful cash, the authoritative said during opening statements.

Phenazepam, a beardown sedative, was detected successful remnants of the cheesecake, and the pills scattered connected the level were besides confirmed to beryllium the aforesaid drug.

Nasyrova, who lives successful Brooklyn, was convicted connected Thursday of attempted murder, battle and unlawful imprisonment.

This is not the archetypal clip she has been successful occupation with the law.

In 2015, Interpol issued a reddish announcement for her apprehension implicit the execution of a pistillate successful Russia a twelvemonth earlier. She is accused of sidesplitting her neighbour Alla Alekseenko and stealing her beingness savings.

Nasyrova, who US media reports is simply a erstwhile dominatrix, has besides been accused of drugging and robbing men she met connected dating websites.