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Anna is currently behind bars in New York, but she's still creating headlines, speaking in interviews and posting to her Instagram account.

The 31-year-old is facing being deported to Germany, but she has applied for asylum. The scammer was released from prison in February 2021 - but six weeks later, Anna was placed in ICE detention, after overstaying her visa. In New York, under the Son of Sam law, Americans are prevented from profiting off their crimes due to publicity, but this was waived so Anna could pay her victims.Īnna herself told The New York Times: 'I paid $198,000-something for restitution, which I have paid off in its entirety and right away, and the rest of it to my legal fees… To reference that BBC interview where I was asked 'Does crime pay?', I could not honestly say 'no' in my situation, because I did get paid.'

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According to Insider, Netflix paid Anna '$320,000 for the rights to adapt her life story into a TV series'.īut apparently, Anna hasn't kept most of the cash - as $199,000 was reportedly paid in restitution to banks and another $24,000 was used to settle state fines she had (after this, she was left with little money). It's so popular that even though it dropped on Netflix back on February 11, it's still the most watched show in the UK on the streaming service.Īnd it might surprise some, because even though Anna was charged with fraud, she was actually paid for the Netflix show.

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In Inventing Anna, Kent is seen scrolling through Sorokin’s Instagram to get more of a glimpse into the supposed socialite’s life and, in reality, the account is still active today.įrom the ICE facilities where she is currently being kept, Sorkin posts to and has been posting about the new series.It's safe to say we have all been enthralled by Inventing Anna, the Shonda Rhimes series which chronicles the rise and fall of convicted scam artist/'fake German heiress' Anna Delvey who lied her way through the wealthy upper echelons of New York society. As of February 2022, she is still being held in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody awaiting deportation to Germany. Sorokin was released from prison on 11 February 2021, but was taken back into custody a month later for overstaying her visa. Rachel Williams, the real-life ex-friend of Anna Delvey/Sorokin, who appears in Netflix’s Inventing Anna as Rachel and who was, in fact, swindled for 62,000 by Sorokin on 2017 trip to. This one girl, she’s been stealing other people’s identities. “There are couple of girls who are here for financial crimes as well. People seem to think it’s horrible, but I see it as like, a sociological experiment. Watch The Trailer For Inventing Anna On Netflix Culture Netflix TV Inventing Anna has brought new attention to fake German heiress Anna Sorokin (who uses the name Anna Delvey) and the victims left. After Netflix paid Sorokin 320,000 for the rights to her story, she put 200,000 towards restitution, fines and attorney fees, per Insider. Speaking about her experience in prison, Sorokin told Pressler: “This place is not bad at all actually. She was released in February 2021 on good behavior. She was sentenced to four to 12 years in state prison on Rikers Island, fined US$24,000 and ordered to pay restitution of around US$199,000.

Julia Garner as Anna Delvey, Anna Chlumsky as Vivian Kent in episode 108 of Inventing Anna (NICOLE RIVELLI/NETFLIX) At the end of the trial, Sorokin was found guilty of eight charges, including grand larceny in the second degree, attempted grand larceny and theft of services.

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She appeared in New York City Criminal Court in December 2018, and a trial was set for 20 March 2019. At the time, she was staying at Passages Malibu, an addiction treatment facility in California. Her lawyers asked for a new bond hearing in July, in part due to the alleged incompetence of her. She was arrested on 3 October 2017 in a sting operation. ANNA ‘DELVEY’ SOROKIN'S EX-LAWYER HAS ‘RUN AWAY’ WITH HER COURT FILE, IMPEDING HER APPEAL. Sorokin was eventually indicted on several counts of grand larceny and misdemeanour theft of services. What happened to Anna Delvey, or Sorokin? Both hotels pressed charges against her for theft of services. Julia Garner as Anna Delvey in episode 102 of Inventing Anna (AARON EPSTEIN/NETFLIX)Īfter eventually paying the US$30,000 bill she accumulated at the 11 Howard Hotel in SoHo using funds she gained from depositing fraudulent checks, she was evicted and moved to the Beekman Hotel.īut she was also evicted from the Beekman Hotel after failing to pay her US$11,518 bill, and again from the W New York Union Square hotel after just two days.

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