Mikhail Vasenkov, 66 years old, who used the false name of "Juan Lazaro, " and his wife Vicky Pelaez, a columnist for Spanish language newspaper El Diario-La Prensa, lived in suburban Yonkers, N.

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Nastase's wife also was placed on three years of probation for using false documents.

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Michael, like many a spouse before him, assumed a false identity on Facebook to try to collect evidence to use against his ex-wife.

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Two other defendants, Fernandes's ex-wife Dayanne Rodrigues and an ex-lover, Fernanda Gomes de Castro, face charges of abduction and false imprisonment.

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