![]() ![]() Russian mobster Leonid Gershman suspected KavKaz members of robbing one of his marijuana stash houses in 2012. He just got beat up basically for nothing,” one of Gershman’s cohorts later testified.Īt least one KavKaz leader has been an exception to the notion that the crew is less than sophisticated, rising to a high level in the organized-crime world of southern Brooklyn, Jacobs said. “We later found out that Misha wasn’t the person that did it. In the end, Gershman’s crew let KavKaz members keep the cash they had swiped in the stash house robbery. Misha Azaryev’s face was smashed in with the butt of a pistol. One of the hoods smashed Azaryev’s face in with the butt of his pistol, sending his teeth flying in the air - all while terrified onlookers ate their dinner on a nearby front lawn, prosecutors wrote in court documents. Azaryev ran off, but was tripped up by the gangsters and viciously beaten. ![]() While it was still light outside on the residential stretch of the thoroughfare, the gangsters confronted Azaryev about the robbery - and one of them pulled a pistol. KMaceĪfter the robbery, Gershman and two of his cohorts lured KavKaz crew member Misha Azaryev, who they suspected of the break-in, to Ocean Parkway near Avenue Y, federal prosecutors charged. A Hi-Point 995 rifle was found under the bed in the locked room rented by Roman Nikoghosyan. In 2012, Russian mobster Leonid Gershman - a ruthless Sheepshead Bay gangster serving 16 years in federal prison - suspected KavKaz members of robbing one of his Ocean Avenue marijuana stash houses. Some members ink tattoos of the Caucasus Mountains on their bodies to show allegiance to the crew.Īs they pulled off robberies and other capers in the past decade, KavKaz gangsters have landed on the radar of the true illicit Eastern European shot-callers in Brooklyn - but often for the wrong reasons. The crew’s name is derived from the Caucasus region of Eurasia, which includes countries such as Armenia, Uzbekistan, Russia, and Azerbaijan. KavKaz gangsters have been known to associate with members of the Bloods, the notorious street gang with a strong set in nearby Coney island, federal prosecutors allege. NYPDīoth suspects were arrested by the feds soon after they were caught allegedly plotting how Mordukhaev could steal away to the Golden State.īut even the escape was a stunning coup for the crew, which draws its members from the Eastern European enclave in southern Brooklyn. Nikoghosyan had planned to sneak Rikers escapee David Mordukhaev to California, but the cross-country escape plan was eventually foiled, in part because the FBI had wiretapped Nikoghosyan’s phone, authorities say.ĭavid Mordukhaev pleaded guilty last week to a violation of federal supervised release. Yet KavKaz crew members recently made headlines over a bold jail escape from the city’s floating lockup at Rikers Island, officials say.īrooklyn federal prosecutors allege that a top-ranking KavKaz member, Roman Nikoghosyan, provided help to a cohort after the escapee shimmied down a rope from his fifth-floor cell at the jail barge, known as the Vernon C. Roman Nikoghosyan planned to sneak Rikers escapee David Mordukhaev to California. But most of them are minor-leaguers compared to the more sophisticated Eastern European organized criminals linked to Thieves-in-Law,” said Matt Jacobs, a former assistant US attorney for the Eastern District of New York. “KavKaz Nation gangsters are absolutely violent and dangerous. The “minor-leaguers,” known as the “KavKaz Nation,” have wreaked havoc in the criminal underworld in southern Brooklyn for nearly a decade by stealing from drug dealers, staging home-invasion robberies and working as cocaine and marijuana traffickers, authorities say.īut the hoods - who consider their turf to be Brighton Beach and Manhattan Beach - typically fail to rise to the highest level of ex-Soviet organized crime, whose top leaders are referred to as “Thieves-in-Law,” according to a former Brooklyn federal prosecutor specializing in Eastern European rackets. Russian mobster convicted in Brooklyn slay helped feds win fraud conviction: docsįeds say Russian rapper laundered money, flaunted wealth onlineĭoctor accused of gunning down neighbors blames Russian mobĪ ragtag crew of Eastern European criminals in Brooklyn recently managed to do something they haven’t in years - grab the spotlight from more “sophisticated” gangs, thanks to a daring jail break from Rikers Island, law-enforcement experts say. Gangster who busted out of Rikers barge sentenced for daring escape
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