Sergei Perlman was the head of a Russian mob and a suspect in a two murders, including that of a Deputy United States Marshal.
After a federal witness agreed to testify against him, SVU detectives arrested Sergei for the murders. The witness was later shot to death in prison by an unknown assailant posing as a guard, and Claudia Williams was forced to dismiss the charges against him without prejudice.
Known Victims
- 257 people (murdered on Sergei's orders)
- Anna Rossovitch (blown up with a car bomb on Sergei's orders)
- Petra Ivankov (murdered on Sergei's orders)
- Unnamed immigrant (murdered on Sergei's orders)
- Unnamed bystander (murdered on Sergei's orders)
- Gregory Rossovitch (murdered)
- Deputy US Marshal Raymond Lee (murdered)