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 upper class 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 Russian-born German 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, Sorokin emigrated from Russia to Germany with her family in 2007. NYSDOC #19G0366 Released from New York State custody in February 2021 currently under house arrest in the United States.

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