Cheesecake used as a deadly weapon in attempted murder case

TL;DR
Viktoria Nasyrova, a Russian woman, is accused of using poisoned cheesecake as a weapon in an attempted murder case in New York. Olga Tsvyk, a beauty stylist, was poisoned after eating a slice of cheesecake given to her by Nasyrova. Tsvyk survived, but another man named Ruben Borukhov was also drugged by Nasyrova. Private investigator Herman Weisberg believes Nasyrova used online ads to commit crimes of opportunity. She is still at large.
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