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On Thursday, a US court convicted a Russian-born woman of trying to kill her American lookalike with poisoned cheesecake and then stealing her identity.

The 47-year-old woman, Viktoria Nasyrova, was booked for attempted murder by a jury in New York, per a statement by the district attorney for the city's borough of Queens.

In August 2016, Nasyrova went to the home of her then-35-year-old victim, carrying the cheesecake as a gift.



During the trial, it was revealed that the pair resembled one another at the time.

They both spoke Russian, had dark hair, the same skin complexion and shared other physical traits.



The victim began to feel sick and passed out eventually after eating the dessert brought by Nasyrova. She was discovered unconscious by a friend the following day.

Prosecutors told the court that pills were scattered around her to make it look like she had tried to kill herself.



Victim's passport, employment card stolen

When the victim returned home after treatment in hospital, she discovered her passport and employment authorisation card were missing, along with jewellery and other valuables.

According to the DA's office, law enforcement agents tested the cheesecake and found it was laced with Phenazepam, a highly potent sedative.



Nasyrova faces 25 years of imprisonment

Nasyrova, who lives in Brooklyn, was also convicted of assault, unlawful imprisonment and theft. She is due to be sentenced on March 21 and faces up to 25 years in prison.



Nasyrova has also been accused of fatally drugging a neighbour in her native Russia in 2014. She denied killing the woman, Alla Alekseenko, in a 2017 interview with CBS News.