Anna Sorokin

Ms. Sorokin, whose fictionalized story was the subject of the TV show “Inventing Anna,” had been detained by immigration authorities on charges of ...

Once, in a phone interview, she referred to deportation as feeling like “a big L on my end.” Even as her deportation loomed, Anna Sorokin appeared not to believe media speculation that she would soon be sent back to Germany. The rumors were devastating to the fake German heiress, who prefers to be called Anna Delvey and whose exploits were fictionalized on “Inventing Anna,” a Netflix series created by Shonda Rhimes released last month. Since her 2017 arrest and subsequent 2019 conviction by a Manhattan jury for bilking banks, stealing a private jet, skipping out on hotel bills and conning New York’s elite, Ms. Sorokin, 31, had spent just six weeks out of custody, following completion of her minimum four-year sentence in February 2021.

Convicted swindler Anna Sorokin, whose story inspired Shonda Rhimes' recent Netflix series, is making a new bid to fight deportation.

She falsely claimed to be the daughter of a diplomat or an oil baron. An appellate immigration judge last month declined to stop the 31-year-old woman from being removed. He said she filed papers Monday seeking to hold off being ejected from the country.

The Russian-born scammer swindled banks and New York's downtown socialite scene out of thousands of dollars between 2013 to 2017 while living in NYC.

An attorney for fake German heiress Anna “Delvey” Sorokin said Tuesday that she is still in the custody of U.S. immigration authorities, one day after he ...

She was the subject of a Netflix documentary, “Inventing Anna.” In November, the Board of Immigration Appeals granted her request for an emergency stay on deportation proceedings. “We’re doing our best,” she said.

On the "Call Her Daddy" podcast, Anna "Delvey" Sorokin opens up about her time in prison and in ICE custody, as well as her crimes as a scammer.

Although she wants to stay in the US, Sorokin added that she does not belong anywhere. But, I’m sure, I never told any senseless lies … unless they were like, a bank,” she said, giggling. She was sentenced to a minimum of four years in prison, but released in February 2021 for good behavior. “I feel like my case is being thrown into my face every day. “My goal was never to get away or not to get caught. Money just always represented freedom for me, not just for the sake of the money.” Even behind bars, Sorokin said, she used a fellow inmate as an assistant to charge her iPad and sort her mail; while at Rikers, she paid to have her laundry done by hand. I hated to explain myself.” It’s completely ridiculous.” She saw money as a way out: “To have the freedom that comes with [money]. I just wanted to do what I wanted. This is a modal window. This is a modal window.

Anna Sorokin arrives in New York State Supreme Court for her trial on grand larceny charges, in New York, Wednesday, March 27, 2019.

She did wrong, but, at the end of the day, there are people who have done worse.” Netflix paid Sorokin $320,000 as a consultant on the show. She owes no money,” Davis said. She didn’t kill anyone. Anna Sorokin arrives in New York State Supreme Court for her trial on grand larceny charges, in New York, Wednesday, March 27, 2019. Anna Sorokin arrives in New York State Supreme Court for her trial on grand larceny charges, in New York, Wednesday, March 27, 2019.

The story of Anna Delvy , the woman whose life inspired the Netflix series Inventing Anna , continues to be talked about: today it was announced that the ...

In March 2019, the trial began that lasted a month in which Anna always wore clothes from luxurious brands and continued with the narrative of being the heir to a fortune. The real Anna was born in Russia on January 23, 1991 into a working-class family. Under the name Anna Sorokin , the alleged heiress to the fortune of a German tycoon, managed to fool friends, banks and hotels and live as if she were indeed a multimillionaire for at least five years.

NEW YORK (AP) — Anna Sorokin, the convicted swindler who claimed to be a German heiress to finance a posh lifestyle in New York, is making a new bid to ...

She falsely claimed to be the daughter of a diplomat or an oil baron. An appellate immigration judge last month declined to stop the 31-year-old German citizen from being removed. He said she filed papers Monday seeking to hold off being ejected from the country.

A lawyer says the convicted swindler who claimed to be a German heiress to finance a posh lifestyle in New York is making a new bid to fight deportation.

She falsely claimed to be the daughter of a diplomat or an oil baron. A lawyer says the convicted swindler who claimed to be a German heiress to finance a posh lifestyle in New York is making a new bid to fight deportation A lawyer says the convicted swindler who claimed to be a German heiress to finance a posh lifestyle in New York is making a new bid to fight deportation

Anna Sorokin, the convicted swindler whose criminal adventures formed the basis of the hit Netflix 2022 series Inventing Anna, will soon be deported to ...

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Rumours swirled that Anna Sorokin was being deported back to Germany, but she's making another bid at staying in the U.S..

She did wrong, but, at the end of the day, there are people who have done worse.” Netflix paid Sorokin $320,000 as a consultant on the show. She owes no money,” Davis said.

Anna Sorokin, the fake German heiress Netflix's "Inventing Anna" is based on, remains in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody.

WarnerMedia uses data to improve and analyze its functionality and to tailor products, services, ads, and offers to your interests. Anna Sorokin, the fake German heiress Netflix's "Inventing Anna" is based on, remains in Immigration and Enforcement custody, a spokesman for the agency said Tuesday. Her attorney had reportedly feared her deportation when he couldn't reach her on Monday.Sorokin, 31, has been in ICE custody at the Orange County Correctional Facility in upstate New York since June 7 of last year, according to a class-action lawsuit she filed with several other immigration detainees earlier this month." Privacy CenterIf you turn this off, you will not receive personalized ads, but you will still receive ads. She remains in ICE custody pending removal," ICE spokesman Emilio Dabul said in an email to CNN Tuesday. The agency did not specify where Sorokin is currently being held and said it could not discuss any future deportation plans.Attorney Manny Arora told NBC News on Monday that he hadn't been able to reach Sorokin and was "working under the presumption that she is being deported." In November, the Board of Immigration Appeals granted an emergency stay in her case, according to ICE. She's been fighting her deportation -- and also recently joined a group of plaintiffs suing the agency, alleging they'd requested and been denied Covid booster shots while in custody.That article became the basis of Shonda Rhimes' "Inventing Anna," a dramatization which started streaming on Netflix last month. Anna Sorokin, who claimed to be a German heiress, sits at the defense table during jury deliberations in her 2019 trial.

The 31-year-old German citizen, whose real name is Anna Sorokin, was previously convicted of posing as an heiress and scamming New York City elites — a ...

If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our site, and will not be able to monitor its performance.These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalisation. She added, "While I was in prison, I paid off the restitution from my criminal case in full to the banks I took money from. She was convicted of eight felony charges in 2019 and given a prison sentence of four to 12 years by a judge who claimed to be "stunned by the depth of [her] deception." In an open letter published on Insider.com last month, she claimed that the visa debacle was "unintentional" and "largely out of my control," and asserted that she followed all of New York state's and ICE's parole rules. Still, Sorokin said an immigration judge ruled that if she was freed from detention right now and required to report to ICE regularly, she "would have the ability and inclination to continue to commit fraudulent and dishonest acts," according to the Insider essay. If you do not allow these cookies then some or all of these services may not function properly.Turn off use of cookies for targeted advertising on this website. A spokesperson for ICE confirmed to PEOPLE Tuesday afternoon that she remains in a New York detention center "pending removal." Sorokin rose to prominence in 2017 when she was arrested for posing as a German heiress and swindling New York City elites out of an estimated $200,000. Unable to get in touch with her, and knowing that she was at risk of being deported, those close to her quickly feared that her sudden release was evidence of imminent deportation. Though Sorokin's deportation was delayed, it wasn't canceled, and Der Spiegel reports that U.S. authorities are trying to secure a new date for her departure — presumably after the window for her to appeal expulsion closes on Saturday. "I spoke to Anna this morning. That is due to the deportation order being signed on February 17 and that allows us to have 30 days to file an appeal," Manny Arora, a defense attorney for Sorokin, said in a statement Monday obtained by NBC News. "But we are dealing with bureaucracy, and there are numerous filings in her case so you just never know if there was a paperwork error." RELATED: Anna Delvey, German Con Artist Who Scammed N.Y.C. Socialites, Addresses Netflix Series Based on Her Crimes But as European reporters waited outside Frankfurt Airport to capture her arrival in Germany, Sorokin was nowhere to be found, prompting confusion about whether she had actually been expelled from the United States. On Tuesday morning, German news outlet Der Spiegel solved the mystery, reporting that the deportation failed at the last moment when Sorokin refused to leave for the airport while her lawyers filed a motion to stay the decision.