22 Facts About Boris Nayfeld

Boris Mikhailovich Nayfeld was born in Gomel on October 4,1947, to Mikhail and Ekaterina Nayfeld.

Boris Nayfeld's father was Jewish while his mother was Russian Orthodox.

Boris Nayfeld made his money in the black market through a series of no-show jobs and embezzling from the state before immigrating to America with his family.

Boris Nayfeld arrived in JFK Airport on December 7,1979 as a Soviet Jewish refugee under the Jackson-Vanik Amendment.

Boris Nayfeld worked as a taxicab driver briefly before returning to crime.

Boris Nayfeld became a small-time criminal and was arrested in Nassau County for grand larceny, pleaded guilty to petty larceny, and was placed on probation for a year.

Boris Nayfeld then led his own gang where they dealt in jewel theft, armed robbery, and arson.

Boris Nayfeld later became a bodyguard and chauffeur to Brighton Beach mob boss Evsei Agron.

Boris Nayfeld was one of Agron's most trusted men and became his second-in-command.

Boris Nayfeld had acted as a buffer between Agron and Balagula.

In 1986, Boris Nayfeld was the target of an assassination attempt in which two gunman charged into his Sheepshead Bay office, firing 38 shots that left his associate and friend, Ilya "Zelya" Zeltzer, dead and Boris Nayfeld with an injured hand.

In 1991, Boris Nayfeld survived his second assassination attempt when a car bomb failed to go off.

Monya Elson, a Moldovan gangster from Kishinev, in association with Efim Laskin, a Ukrainian gangster from Lviv who was based in Berlin, were behind the plot in a bid to take out Boris Nayfeld and take over his heroin operation in Brooklyn and rackets in Europe.

Boris Nayfeld agreed to testify against Elson but refused to speak out against any of his inner circle.

However, this has been disputed, as legal experts have questioned how Boris Nayfeld could get such a deal by testifying against one person.

However, Boris Nayfeld never had to testify against Monya Elson, as Elson had made his own deal with the feds.

Boris Nayfeld was sentenced to time served, which was four years and four months and had to do five years of probation.

In 2007, Boris Nayfeld was arrested again on charges of cocaine trafficking and money laundering.

Boris Nayfeld was sentenced to five years in prison, where he served his time at FCI Englewood, and where he became friendly with former governor of Illinois Rod Blagojevich.

In 2016, Boris Nayfeld was arrested for extorting a victim for $125,000, who Boris Nayfeld was initially hired to kill.

Boris Nayfeld pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit extortion, and after cooperating with prosecutors, was sentenced to 23 months incarcerated, 18 which he served during him awaiting trial, and three years of probation.

Boris Nayfeld has two children, Alesya and Valentin, with his first wife, and another child, Ilyusha, with his second wife.