Anna Sorokin, a woman who once pretended to be a wealthy German heiress named Anna Delvey to deceive friends and banks by tens of thousands of dollars, is out of prison.
After serving almost four years, she was released on parole on Thursday from the Albion Correctional Center in upstate New York, according to the Department of Corrections records.
In April 2019, Sorokin, 30, was convicted by a Manhattan jury on four counts of robbery services, three counts of major theft and one charge of attempted major theft. She was acquitted of major theft and attempted major theft, according to The Associated Press.
A month later, New York City judge Diane Kiesel sentenced Sorokin to four to 12 years in prison, saying she was “stunned by the depth of the defendant’s mistake.”
Prosecutors said Sorokin convinced friends and companies to give her money to finance her luxurious lifestyle, falsely claiming that her father was a diplomat or an oil baron, and that she had a fortune of more than $ 60 million abroad .
In one case, she promised a friend an all-expenses-paid trip to Morocco, but left her friend with the $ 62,000 bill, prosecutors claimed. On another occasion, Sorokin persuaded a bank to lend her $ 100,000, which she never paid.
Sorokin was also accused of falsifying financial documents in an attempt to secure a $ 22 million loan to a private arts club she wanted to open.
Sorokin’s lies allowed her to steal about $ 275,000, including a $ 35,400 bill for a flight she chartered to and from Nebraska, prosecutors said.
Before being sentenced, Sorokin went to court, saying: “I apologize for the mistakes I made”.
Last month, Sorokin paid restitution to victims using $ 320,000 he received from Netflix, which acquired the rights to adapt his life story into a limited series, Insider reported.
As a German citizen, Sorokin could be deported back to her country after authorities said she had expired her visa.
