Fake Russian-German billionaire Anna “Delvey” Sorokin, who inspired a Netflix series, was released from prison on Wednesday according to Bloomberg.
In 2019, the 31-year-old was sentenced to between 4 and 12 years in prison for robbery after posing as a German heiress to defraud friends and banks of millions to finance her lavish lifestyle.
Released from prison in February 2021, for good behavior, the one who carried out her scams under the false name of “Anna Delvey”, was arrested again last March for having exceeded the validity period of her visa. For 17 months, she was detained at a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in New York.
Confined and deprived of social networks
If Anna Sorokin’s release was approved Wednesday by US Immigration Judge Charles Conroy, it remains conditional. The young woman is forced to deposit a deposit of $10,000, to remain confined 24 hours in her house with an electronic bracelet and to stay away from social networks such as Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and TikTok.
“She has not been charged with a crime since 2017. And the evidence has clearly shown that any risk she poses can be properly managed through supervision, electronic monitoring, parole and ICE supervision,” he told Bloomberg his attorney, John Sandweg. .
In recent weeks, Anna Sorokin has been active on Instagram, where she posted a message of support for Ukraine in the face of the Russian invasion on 12 September. The next day, the young woman also returned to Twitter after a year of absence under the surveillance of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service.
A scam estimated at $275,000
Daughter of a Russian truck driver and businesswoman who emigrated to Germany in 2007, Anna Sorokin, who arrived in New York in 2013, managed for ten months, between 2016 and 2017, to deceive the New York elites by posing as Anna Delevy, a wealthy German. she heir with a fictitious estate of $60 million.
Thanks to her extraordinary poise and her ability to fabricate clever lies, the thirtysomething had managed to obtain tens of thousands of dollars in bank loans, free private jet trips and stays in Manhattan palaces, without ever paying anything. A slate valued at $275,000, according to US justice.
A noted flute player, she had even tried to get a $22 million loan to open an exclusive club in Manhattan.
His incredible story had seduced the television producer shonda rhymes (Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal) that turned it into a miniseries aired for a month on Netflix, inventing ana, with Julia Garner in the title role. According to the specialized press, Anna Sorokin would have received $320,000 from the streaming giant.
Source: BFM TV
