Woman sentenced to 21 years for cheesecake murder plot in New York.

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Woman sentenced to 21 years for cheesecake murder plot in New York.
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Viktoria Nasyrova, a Russian woman, has been sentenced to 21 years in prison for attempting to kill her lookalike, Olga Tsvyk, in a bizarre identity-theft plot in New York City. Nasyrova gave Tsvyk a slice of poisoned cheesecake before stealing her passport and work permit. She was convicted of attempted murder, assault and unlawful imprisonment. Nasyrova has also been accused of drugging and robbing men she met on dating websites and is wanted in Russia for the murder of a woman in 2014.

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