We got to know the story of the greatest scammer of the century, the most skilled and reckless Anna Sorokin31, thanks to Netflix series Inventing Anna starring the American actress Julia Garner. Sorokin, daughter of penniless Russian immigrants, inventing a new identity – yes passed off as the fake German heiress Anna Delvey – for four years he defrauded New York hotels, banks, financial advisors and jet sets (for a total of 200 thousand dollars), convincing members of Manhattan’s elite to finance his lavish lifestyle, travel and fine dining. The woman was arrested in 2017. In 2019 she was sentenced to 12 years in prison. TO February 2021 was released for good behavior but six weeks later it was arrested again by the immigration authorities, because he left expire your visa. She is currently in one of the Immigration and Customs Enforcements (Ice) detention centers while awaiting the sentence that will decide her extradition to Germany, country where she was born. And from behind bars, in an interview with NBC, he defined his scams “decidedly immoral”: «I would not encourage anyone to follow in my footsteps“.
Anna, who for selling her story to Netflix earned her $ 320,000 billsdreams of a new life: “I hope I have a chance to focus all my energy on something legal. I would like to have a chance for people not to just dismiss me as a scammer. ‘ In the interview with Nbc, the 31-year-old also specified: “I never wanted to hurt anyone. And I’m not just the vicious person trying to take advantage of anyone stupid enough to fall for it. ” In prison Anna continued to deal with one of her greatest passions: art. Last February some of her paintings were exhibited in an exhibition. And she has just launched the “Reinventing Anna” project: she will sell her works as well as “personal items” from her time in prison. “In this new chapter of my journey I hope to use my voice for a positive (and legal) cause.”
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