A
Brooklyn woman has been accused of attempted murder after allegedly
trying to poison a look-alike with tainted cheesecake and steal her
identity, authorities said.
Viktoria
Nasyrova, a 42-year-old Russian native, has been indicted on several
charges, including attempted murder and burglary. Prosecutors on
Wednesday said she tried poisoning a woman who resembled her back in
2016 by using a tranquilizer-laced cheesecake as part of a "twisted"
scheme to stage her suicide.
Viktoria's
plan was to kill the woman who looks like her, then make it look like
she (Viktoria) was dead. She would then steal her dead look-alike's
identity and begin to live life as her. Nasyrova allegedly visited the
woman at her home in Queens and offered her the cake as a gift. The
woman, 35 at the time, took a slice of the cake and immediately began to
feel sick, according to a statement by the Queens District Attorney’s
office.
"Before
passing out, the woman's last memory is of seeing the defendant sitting
beside her inside her home," according to the District Attorney's
office statement. "The following day, the victim's friend discovered her
unconscious in her bed, dressed in lingerie with pills scattered around
her body -- as if the woman had attempted to kill herself."
Fortunately,
the victim, named Olga, survived, but she later realized that her
passport and employment documents, along with a gold ring and cash, and a
few other valuables were missing.
Law
enforcement agents with the Department of Homeland Security tested the
cheesecake and confirmed it was laced with the Russian tranquilizer
Phenazepan. The pills contained the same drug as well, District Attorney
Richard Brown said.
The
Queens District Attorney’s office said in the statement that Viktoria
could face up to 25 years in prison if convicted. She's next due in
court May 25.
"This
is a bizarre and twisted crime that could have resulted in the death of
a Queens woman, whose only fault was that she shared similar features
with the defendant,” the statement said. "The victim and the defendant
resembled one another -- both have dark hair, the same skin complexion
and speak Russian."
Nasyrova,
first arrested in March 2017, was indicted Wednesday on 10 separate
charges, including second-degree attempted murder, first-degree burglary
and first-degree attempted assault, the Queens District Attorney’s
office said. She is scheduled to re-appear in court May 25.Nasyrova also is accused of drugging and killing a woman in her native
country before fleeing to New York. Her ex-boyfriend who had a dog named
Julie also revealed that she killed his dog on the dog's birthday. the
ex also claimed she offered him a drink and he passed out for 2 days.
When he woke up, she had stolen some of his items. Two other men in New
York say she drugged them and stole from them. She denied those charges
in the CBS interview conducted in prison.
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