Sister of Accused Murderer Arrested Over Threat

Another twist in the murder case of Queens dentist Daniel Malakov: The sister of his ex-wife - who remains in jail for plotting to kill Malakov - was arrested for threatening Malakov's brother.

Natella Natanova was arrested yesterday after apparently approaching Gavriel Malakov in Queens and saying, "You do know if you talk, you will be the next to go," on Monday morning. The brother is a potential prosecution witness and Queens DA Richard Brown said, "Prospective witnesses must be protected from outside interference that might affect their testimony."

Her sister, Mazultov Borukhova (pictured), who had been locked in a bitter custody battle with Daniel Malakov for their young daughter Michelle, was arrested last month. The Queens DA's office alleges she paid a relative $19,000 (and made 90+ calls to the relatives in a short period leading up to the murder) to kill her ex near a Queens playground.

When he heard of his ex-sister-in-law's arrest in February, Gavriel Malakov had said, "I cannot believe you think America is so stupid, so dumb that nobody is ever going to get caught." Now, he told the Daily News, "It's a bitter situation for me because even though they are arrested, I can't bring back my brother." He added he feels the whole Borukhova family was involved in the murder.

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By Jen Chung in News on March 5, 2008 9:48 AM

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nik13

My co-worker, herself a Russian Jew, insists that any "doctor" originating from former USSR ought to be locked up pro-actively. Now, I see her point.

Muscley Armed Paper Boy

Wow this is just like a real life, less interesting version of the movie Eastern Promises. But with ugly people who have eighth-grade educations.

Snoopy

Is this some kind of secret Russian invasion? Remember that guy in Brooklyn with all the guns that scribbled graffiti all over? And just the other day there was another Russian involved in some other mayhem, I forgot what it was, but it was illegal.

We need a new president that will stop this invasion. Putin's appears to be a nice guy, and he's out of job. How about him?

JenChungsBaby

This story gets better all the time. How on earth did these stupid pricks think they'd get away with this? It's not like the cops might suspect the ex-wife or her family, right? At least do a better job of covering your tracks.

virgil

Snoopy, you madcap, irrepressible scamp, don't you realize how dangerous these people are?

Tgirl

that family was swimming in the bad gene pool

Snoopy

Are you sure? It looks like his brother to me. And why is that Dennis Kozlowski guy from TYCO shown on the right. Isn't he Polish, not Russian and I thought he was in jail. What gives?