Notorious Scammer Anna Delvey, Subject of Netflix’s Upcoming Series, Is Still in Prison

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From Hustlers to The Inventor, we have been seeing a slew of girls scammers in popular culture not too long ago. The most recent grifter to get the onscreen remedy is none aside from pretend heiress Anna Delvey — born Anna Sorokin — an NYC “socialite” who stole cash from her pals to maintain up along with her pretend, lavish life-style.

Shonda Rhimes snagged the rights to the New York Journal story about Sorokin together with a bountiful Netflix deal, so whereas we await actress Julia Garner’s tackle Sorokin/Delvey within the upcoming sequence Inventing Anna (set to launch on Feb. 11), it is time we make amends for the place, precisely, the true NYC con artist has been since her scams fell by.

Let’s first speak about Sorokin’s origin story. Sorokin first arrived in New York Metropolis in 2013 at age 22, telling acquaintances that her father was every little thing from an oil-industry titan to a Russian diplomat (he was really a former trucker in rural Germany). Her claims of a 60-million euro belief fund ushered her into the town’s elite social circles. The con artist attended fancy events, rode non-public jets, tipped exorbitantly, and made plans to arrange an artwork membership referred to as the Anna Delvey Basis. Along with scamming pals for 1000’s of {dollars}, Sorokin solid financial institution statements and deposited unhealthy checks, taking out cash earlier than they bounced.

Her scheming days got here to an finish in 2017 when a buddy reported her shady habits to an assistant district lawyer to pursue authorized motion after Delvey stole dozens of 1000’s of {dollars} from her. Earlier than her sketchy actions stopped, Sorokin took from pals, companies, and banks an approximate $275,000.

Discovered responsible for grand larceny and theft of providers, Sorokin realized her sentence on Could 9, 2019, after a short trial. She acquired 4 to 12 years in jail, wanted to pay $199,000 in restitution, and was fined $24,000. She spent shut to 2 years in jail, the place she collected over 13 infractions for combating and disobedience. She additionally deliberate to put in writing two memoirs: one on her misadventures in New York and one other on her time in jail.

Anna was launched from jail on Feb. 11, 2021, at which level she promptly returned to posting usually on Instagram, notably making gentle of her time in jail and flexing a latest inflow of money.

Sadly (for Sorokin), her freedom was short-lived. She was taken again into custody that March by Immigration and Customs Enforcement for overstaying her visa within the US. In response to an October 2021 ABC report, she’s now being held in ICE custody awaiting deportation.

Netflix reportedly paid Sorokin $100,000, plus $15,000 per episode for consulting and $7,500 in royalty charges, to make an adaptation of her story, however the state of New York invoked the Son of Sam regulation, which prevents criminals from profiting off of their crimes. Decide Diane Kiesel has signed a restitution order for $198,956.19, which might go towards paying again the banks that Sorokin scammed.

Sorokin hasn’t proven regret for her crimes, telling The New York Instances, “I might be mendacity to you and to everybody else and to myself if I mentioned I used to be sorry for something.”