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the false heiress will be deported to Germany for fraud and the visa


  • Sorokin ran her scams under the assumed name “Anna Delvey” and inspired the Netflix series ‘Who is Anna’.

Fake heiress Anna “Delvey” Sorokin, who was arrested in 2019 for scamming hundreds of thousands of dollars from hotels, banks and friends, and also inspired a Netflix series, was to be extradited to Germany on Monday, according to US media.

The 31-year-old Russian-German citizen managed in 2016 and 2017 to deceive New York elites posing as a rich heiress, when in fact she was the daughter of a trucker originally from the suburbs of Moscow.

Sorokin, who ran her scams under the false name “Anna Delvey,” was scheduled to board a flight to Frankfurt late Monday after being released from a New York state detention center, the tabloid reported. New York Post, citing sources familiar with the matter.

The young woman was sentenced to between four and 12 years in prison, but was released in February 2021 for good behavior, only to be arrested again the following month for overstaying her visa.

She was held in a center of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, or ICE.

An ICE spokesman told AFP on Monday that Sorokin “remains in ICE custody pending removal,” without offering further details.

Based on lies, Sorokin posed as a German heiress with a fortune of 60 million dollars, allowing her to obtain tens of thousands of dollars in loans from various banks.

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Her incredible story seduced television producer Shonda Rhimes, from series like “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Scandal”, who turned it into a miniseries for Netflix “Inventing Anna”, with Julia Garner in the title role.

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According to press reports, Sorokin received $320,000 from the streaming giant.


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