New Jersey Man Sentenced To 26 Months In Prison For Mailing Threatening Communications

Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that NIKOLAY LEVINSON was sentenced today to 26 months in prison for mailing threatening communications. LEVINSON previously pled guilty before U.S. District Judge Edgardo Ramos, who imposed today's sentence.

U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said: "Nikolay Levinson sent vile racist, anti-Semitic, and anti-Muslim threats for the sole purpose of instilling fear in innocent members of our community. This sentence should serve as a reminder that we will never stop protecting the community from such disturbing, hateful conduct."

According to the Indictment, other public filings, and statements made in court:

From June through November 2022, shortly after his release from prison for similar offenses, LEVINSON mailed six threatening letters to five victims in the Bronx, Manhattan, and Brooklyn, New York, and at least 35 other anonymous, threatening, hateful, racist, anti-Semitic, and anti-Muslim letters to victims in the greater New York City area. LEVINSON sent the letters, which often contained racial epithets and Nazi imagery, to businesses, schools, synagogues, and individuals.

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In addition to the prison term, LEVINSON, 41, of Palisades Park, New Jersey, was sentenced to three years of supervised release.

Mr. Williams praised the outstanding investigative work of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the New York City Police Department.

The case is being prosecuted by the Office's White Plains Division and Civil Rights Unit in the Criminal Division. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeffrey C. Coffman is in charge of the prosecution.