A Russian woman has been charged in New York with poisoning a look-alike with a tranquilliser-laced cheesecake and then stealing her passport, cash and other property after trying to make it look like a suicide attempt. A Russian woman has been charged in New York with poisoning a look-alike with a tranquilliser-laced cheesecake and then stealing her passport, cash and other property after trying to make it look like a suicide attempt. Woman accused of poisoning look-alike with cheesecake to steal her identity"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," said Queens District Attorney Richard Brown. In August 2016, Nasyrova, visited the Forest Hills, Queens, home of the 35-year-old victim bearing a gift of a cheesecake, said Mr Brown. "The woman ate the cheesecake, fell ill and laid down," Mr Brown said.

Source: Irish Independent March 01, 2018 07:18 UTC