The Fake German Heiress Who Scammed New York's Elite Is Out Of Prison
Fake heiress Anna Sorokin was released from an immigration detention center on Friday, but she still faces deportation from the United States. A hit Netflix show was based on her amazing scam of New York's financial elite. The well-known con artist and socialite who stole about $67 million from banks and well-known people in New York City is out of jail.
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The fake German heiress who scammed New York's elitepretending to be a billionaire's daughter has been let out of jail. US media say that Anna Sorokin, who pretended to be a rich socialite named Anna Delvey, was let out of prison on Thursday.
She stole more than $200,000 (£145,000) from banks and high-end hotels and was found guilty of theft of services and grand larceny in 2019. People think that Sorokin could now be sent away.
Her release comes months after she was said to have apologized for what she did at a parole hearing in October. Sorokin's lawyer told Insider in the past that she was trying to appeal her conviction, even though she was going to be released on parole.
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Sorokin was known as Anna Delvey for a long time. Anna Delvey was a rich German heiress who liked expensive wine, private jets, and designer clothes. She was a big deal on social media.
Even during her court hearing, an Instagram account kept track of her outfits, which were a mix of designer and cheap clothes and always included her trademark thick-framed glasses.
Even though she was going to jail, the glamorous Manhattan socialite persona she had made up for herself didn't seem to go away. Prosecutors say Sorokin stole from other people while pretending to have a €60m (about £51m) fortune.
They say she swindled her way into the upper echelons of society in 2016 and 2017, paying for a life she shouldn't have been able to afford. A New York jury found Anna Sorokin guilty of stealing more than $200,000 from banks and people. She will be sentenced in May 2019.
She was sentenced to four to twelve years in prison, but she got out in February 2021 because she had been a good prisoner since her arrest in 2017. But a few months later, she was taken into custody again by immigration officers. She is now in her early 30s and is waiting to be sent back to Germany.
Anna "Delvey" Sorokin, who pretended to be a German heiress to scam wealthy people in Manhattan, says she got exactly what she wanted after she got out of jail.
In her first interview since getting out of jail, she told the New York Times that she is really happy to be free and that nothing was guaranteed. The well-known con artist and socialite stole about $67 million (£61 million) from banks and big names in New York City to pay for her jet-setting lifestyle.
She got out of state prison in February 2021, but Immigrant and Customs Enforcement (ICE) took her back right away and put her back in jail.
She was known as Anna Delvey for many years. She was a rich German heiress who liked expensive wine, private jets, and designer clothes.
She was given a sentence of four to twelve years in prison because she was a fake German heiress who tried to scam New York's elite. She was later released, but immigration officials quickly took her back into custody.
Her shocking crime spree has been in the news, a popular podcast, and, most recently, a hit Netflix show.