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Inventing Anna: Meet the real heiress who duped NYC's richie rich

ET Online

Feb 17, 2022

The real Anna

The real-life conwoman Anna Sorokin, sometimes known as Anna Delvey, is the subject of Netflix's nine-part series Inventing Anna.

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German heiress

Anna Delvey is a German heiress who deceived a closed-off group of New York's elite & rich.

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Conwoman

She deceived them into believing she was a wealthy German heiress with a fortune of more than $60 million.

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Unpaid bills

While fine-dining and living the high life in New York, she piled up an unpaid account of more than $200,000.

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About Sorokin

Anna Sorokin was born in the Russian city of Moscow. When she was 15-16 years old, she relocated to Germany.

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Stole a plane?

She persuaded the CEO of a private jet firm to allow her borrow the plane on the condition that she wire the money, which she never did.

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Big parties

The real Anna confirmed to Business Insider that she did indeed attend some of the parties of world's richest people.

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Her arrest

The TV show's depiction of Anna's arrest is likewise accurate. She was arrested after failing to pay her hotel bills.

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Jail time

Sorokin has already spent more than 500 days in jail.

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