Anna Sorokin, also known as Anna Delvey, is a German con artist and fraudster who posed as a wealthy heiress to gain access to the upper echelons of the New York social and art scenes from 2013 to 2017.
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Delvey was released on good behaviour from prison on February 11, 2021, after serving nearly four years.
Sorokin was arrested on October 3, 2017, as part of a sting operation planned by Michael McCaffrey, a New York Police Department officer working with the Manhattan District Attorney’s office.
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Sorokin was sentenced to 4 to 12 years in state prison, fined $24,000, and ordered to pay $199,000 in restitution, including $100,000 to City National, $70,000 to Citibank, and approximately two-thirds of the amount owed to Blade, on May 9, 2019.
Sorokin was released from prison on parole on February 11, 2021. On March 25, 2021, six weeks after her release on parole, she was detained again by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for overstaying her visa.
Sorokin was granted a $10,000 bail bond and released from prison on October 5, 2022. Sorokin is required to remain in 24-hour home confinement with electronic monitoring and no access to social media as of October 2022.
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