POISON PAL CONVICTED

Woman guilty of slay try in toxic-cheesecake ID theft case

A Queens woman who slipped her friend a slice of poison cheesecake was convicted of attempting to kill her lookalike pal to try to steal her identity.

Jurors said Viktoria Nasyrova (photo) was guilty of attempted murder and four of the five other charges against her Wednesday, more than five years after she gave her friend a seemingly tasty treat laced with a powerful toxin.

Prosecutors said Nasyrova, in August 2016, launched a “cold and calculated plan” to kill salon worker Olga Syvk and pass herself off as the Ukrainian immigrant.

Nasyrova, 45, visited Syvk to get her eyelashes done, then gave her cheesecake from a Brooklyn bakery that she laced with phenazepam, a type of tranquilizer. After that she took off with Syvk’s passport, employment card, a gold ring and cash in the callous identity theft scam.

The next day, Syvk was found by a friend unconscious in bed in her Forest Hills home, with pills scattered around in a room staged to look like a suicide scene.

“The jury saw through the deception and schemes of the defendant,” said Queens District

Attorney Melinda Katz. “She laced a slice of cheesecake with a deadly drug so she could steal her unsuspecting victim’s most valuable possession, her identity. Fortunately, her victim survived and the poison led right back to the culprit. The defendant deserves to be held accountable for her crime with a long term of incarceration.”

Prosecutors said agents with Homeland Security tested cheesecake residue found in the container and confirmed it was laced with the a potent sedative.

Not only did Syvk survive, she testified against her former friend/client during the trial.

“I couldn’t get up from my bed,” Syvk told jurors. “My head was aching terribly. My sister was helping me to the bathroom . ... At first it was very bad, but then gradually it became better.”

Syvk recalled getting a phone call some time later from her accused attacker inquiring about her condition.

“She said, ‘Olga, I cannot reach you, what happened?’ ” the victim said. “I told her I was in the hospital, I told her that ‘you poisoned me and stole from me.’ She said, ‘Fine, then go to the police.’ ”

When Nasyrova was arrested seven months later, police allegedly recovered some of the stolen items.

Prosecutors said the women resembled each other. They both had dark hair, complexion and other similar physical traits.

Nasyrova was found guilty of attempted murder, attempted assault, second degree assault, unlawful imprisonment and attempted larceny.

The Queens DA said Nasyrova was determined to never return to Russia, where she is wanted for a 2014 murder.

She moved to New York City in 2014 from Russia to avoid authorities after allegedly killing 54-year-old Alla Aleksenko, whose charred remains were found buried in a grave in western Russia.

She first came on the NYPD’s radar after allegedly drugging and robbing men in Brooklyn she met on dating websites.

She will be sentenced on March 21. She faces up to 25 years in prison.