{"id":23621,"date":"2022-10-06T08:27:11","date_gmt":"2022-10-06T12:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=23621"},"modified":"2022-10-06T08:27:11","modified_gmt":"2022-10-06T12:27:11","slug":"fake-heiress-anna-delvey-sorokin-reportedly-being-released-from-jail-but-is-banned-from-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2022\/10\/06\/fake-heiress-anna-delvey-sorokin-reportedly-being-released-from-jail-but-is-banned-from-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Fake heiress Anna ‘Delvey’ Sorokin reportedly being released from jail – but is banned from social media"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anna “Delvey” Sorokin, the infamous con artist who posed as a German heiress and scammed New York City’s elite, is reportedly being released from jail – but has been banned from social media.<\/p>\n

Russian-born Sorokin went on a glamourous scamming spree as she defrauded banks and Manhattan big names to the tune of around $67m (\u00a351.5m) to fund her jet-setting lifestyle.<\/p>\n

“We are extremely gratified by the court’s decision today to release Anna Sorokin,” her lawyer Duncan Levin told US media.<\/p>\n

Sorokin, 31, was reportedly granted a $10,000 bond on Wednesday. She will be subject to house arrest.<\/p>\n

“While there are still a few hurdles to jump through on her release conditions, Anna is thrilled to be getting out so she can focus on appealing her wrongful conviction,” Mr Levin said.<\/p>\n

Sorokin’s exploits in the so-called “summer of scam” ultimately saw her found guilty of eight charges including grand larceny in April 2019 and\u00a0sentenced to four to 12 years<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

She was released from state prison in February 2021 but was swiftly back in jail again after Immigrant and Customs Enforcement (ICE) took her into custody.<\/p>\n

Wednesday’s ruling by US Immigration Judge Charles Conroy comes with an interesting stipulation: Sorokin must refrain from any social media “either directly or by a third party”.<\/p>\n

Read more:<\/strong>
\nThe fake German heiress who conned New York’s elite<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Who is Anna Sorokin?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

For years she was known as Anna Delvey, a wealthy German heiress with a taste for expensive wine, private jets and designer clothes.<\/p>\n

She had become a social media sensation; even during her court hearing, an Instagram account documented her outfits – a mix of designer and high street, and always her signature thick-framed glasses – throughout.<\/p>\n

But when the first news stories came out questioning her identity, the story spread like wildfire.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors said Sorokin stole from others while pretending she had a fortune of \u20ac60m (about \u00a351m) – wheedling her way into the upper echelons of society through multiple acts of swindling in 2016 and 2017, funding a life she should never have been able to afford.<\/p>\n

In all, they accused her of stealing \u00a3202,000 – including a \u00a326,000 bill she failed to pay for a plane chartered to and from a shareholder meeting for Berkshire Hathaway, a multinational conglomerate, in Omaha, Nebraska.<\/p>\n

She was sentenced to four to 12 years in prison and later released, but quickly taken back into custody by immigration enforcement.<\/p>\n

Her sensational crime spree has been the subject of news stories, a popular podcast and recently a hit Netflix show.<\/p>\n

Source: \u00a0\"Sky<\/a> news.sky.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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