Anna Sorokin, a woman who pretended to be a wealthy German heiress named Anna Delvey to defraud friends and banks out of tens of thousands of dollars, is out of jail.
After serving nearly four years, she was released Thursday from the Albion Correctional Facility in New York State, according to the Department of Corrections.
In April 2019, Sorokin, 30, was convicted by a Manhattan jury on four charges of theft services, three counts of large larch and one of attempted large larch. She was acquitted of large larch and attempted large larceny, according to The Associated Press.
A month later, Judge Diane Kiesel in New York sentenced Sorokin to four to twelve years in prison, saying she was “stunned by the depth of the accused’s deception.”
Prosecutors say Sorokin persuaded friends and businesses to give her money to finance her lavish lifestyle by falsely claiming that her father was a diplomat or an oil baron, and that she made a fortune of more than $ 60 million in the had abroad.
In one case, she promised a trip that would pay Morocco off in full, but pay her bill with the $ 62,000 bill, prosecutors said. Once again, Sorokin persuaded a bank to lend her $ 100,000 that she never repaid.
Sorokin was also accused of falsifying financial documents in an attempt to obtain a $ 22 million loan for a private arts club she wanted to open.
Sorokin’s lies enabled her to steal about $ 275,000, including a $ 35,400 bill for a flight she rented to and from Nebraska, prosecutors said.
Before she was sentenced, Sorokin addressed the court, saying, “I apologize for the mistakes I made.”
Last month, Sorokin compensated her victims with $ 320,000 she received from Netflix, which acquired the rights to adapt her life story in a limited series, reports the Insider.
As a German citizen, Sorokin faces deportation back to her homeland after authorities said she had too much of her visa left over.
