![]() Between 20, Sorokin defrauded and deceived major financial institutions, banks, hotels, and individuals for a total of $275,000. She used this to fund her lavish lifestyle, including residencies in multiple upscale hotels. Sorokin used these documents, as well as fraudulent checks, to trick banks, acquaintances, and realtors into paying out cash and granting large loans without collateral. She later created fake financial documents to substantiate her claims of having a multimillion-euro trust fund, and forged multiple wire transfer confirmations. Sorokin conceived of a private members' club and arts foundation, which included leasing a large building to feature pop-up shops and exhibitions by notable artists she met while interning. In 2011, she left Germany to live in London and Paris before relocating to New York City in 2013, where she interned for the French fashion magazine Purple. ![]() Grand larceny, second-degree larceny, theft of servicesĤ to 12 years imprisonment, $24,000 fine, $199,000 restitution, deportation to GermanyĪnna Sorokin ( Russian: Анна Сорокина born January 23, 1991), also known as Anna Delvey, is a con artist and fraudster who posed as a wealthy heiress to access the upper echelons of the New York social and art scenes from 2013 to 2017.īorn to working-class parents in the Soviet Union (now Russia), Sorokin emigrated from Russia to Germany with her family at the age of sixteen in 2007. The Netflix series about Anna’s life called Inventing Anna is scheduled to be released sometime in 2022.NYSDOC #19G0366 Released from New York State custody in February 2021 currently under house arrest in the United States. Most of that money was immediately used to pay back her victims and the banks that she stole from. She is currently fighting for her right to stay in the US so that she won’t be deported to Germany.Īnna’s real-life story of pretending to be an heiress has caught the media’s attention. In 2019, Anna was sentenced to 4 to 12 years in prison and ordered to pay a fine of $24,000 as well as restitution of almost $200,000 to those she scammed.Īnna went to prison but she was shortly released in 2021 and taken into custody by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for overstaying her US visa. The most serious charges were the fraudulent loan applications to City National Bank and Fortress Investment Group LLC. Facing misdemeanor charges, Anna was finally arrested for six counts of grand larceny, attempted grand larceny, and theft of services. ![]() When she couldn’t pay her hotel bills anymore and her friends wouldn’t help her any longer, the hotels that she stayed in charged her for theft of services. Again, she told the friend she would reimburse her for the trip, but the funds never materialized. Anna booked the luxury trip but when it came time to pay for the hotel stay and other expenses, her debit card was declined for lack of funds and she had her friend pay for the whole $62,000. In another serious incident, Anna fooled a friend into paying for a $62,000 trip to Morocco. As for the loan application from Fortress Investment, Anna simply withdrew from consideration for the loan.Īnna also deposited bad checks into her bank account and would withdraw the money before the checks could be returned.
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