Anna Sorokin

2022 - 10 - 8

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Who is Anna Sorokin, the phony heiress released from US ... (Economic Times)

Anna Sorokin or Anna Delvey is a phony heiress, who was recently released from US immigration detention. She was born to a Russian truck driver, ...

The views expressed here are that of the respective authors/ entities and do not represent the views of Economic Times (ET). She must be confined to her home, is prohibited to use social media and wears an electronic bracelet. She was released this Friday and still faces deportation from the US. She scammed banks, hotels and friends of more than a quarter of a million dollars. She pretended to be an heiress to a $60 million fortune. Sorokin is a 30-year-old German woman, who acted as an heiress Anna Delvey.

Convicted con artist Anna Sorokin released from jail, attorney says (The Guardian)

Subject of Netflix drama known as the 'SoHo grifter' must refrain from posting on social media.

“She is on her way to being released … she is still going through the final processing,” Sandweg said. She was sentenced to four to 12 years in prison, credited with more than 500 days of time served while her case was pending and released on good behaviour in February 2021.

Convicted "fake heiress" Anna Sorokin released from immigration ... (CBS News)

Her exploits posing as a German heiress to scam individuals and financial institutions out of hundreds of thousands of dollars inspired a Netflix series.

She falsely claimed to be the daughter of a diplomat or an oil baron. This week, a judge had cleared the way for Sorokin to be released to home confinement while she fights deportation. She told the publication she was "just happy to be back" in New York City.

Phony heiress Anna Sorokin released from US immigration detention (FRANCE 24)

Fake heiress Anna Sorokin, whose breathtaking deception of New York's financial elite inspired a hit Netflix series, was released Friday from an immigration ...

She assumed the name Anna Delvey and posed as the heiress to a fortune of $60 million to open the door to New York high society after arriving for Fashion Week in 2013. Last November, the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) granted Sorokin an emergency request to remain in the United States while her removal was being processed, something she will now be able to do outside the walls of the detention center. Sorokin, who used the name Anna Delvey while scamming more than a quarter of a million dollars from hotels, banks and friends, was granted conditional release by a judge after posting a bond, a spokesperson for the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE), told AFP.

Anna Sorokin, the swindler and phony socialite who inspired a hit ... (Fortune)