Anna Sorokin flashed a smile as she waved from her New York apartment after being released from prison (Picture: Splash News/PA)
Anna ‘Delvey’ Sorokin has been pictured waving at photographers from the confinement of her New York City flat after being released from jail to house arrest.
The Russian-born con artist, who was the subject of Netflix’s Inventing Anna, swindled hundreds of thousands from Manhattan’s elite by posing as a fake heiress.
Last week, Sorokin was granted release from a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility after being bailed on a $10,000 (£8,831) bond. She has since said that she has got ‘exactly’ what she wanted.
‘Letting them deport me would have been like a sign of capitulation — confirmation of this perception of me as this shallow person who only cares about obscene wealth, and that’s just not the reality,’ she said in her first interview following her release.
Asked about being allowed to stay in Manhattan, Sorokin said: ‘I’m really, really happy about that. That’s exactly what I wanted. I’m just hoping to get more freedom eventually.’
Sorokin described her release from custody as ‘an exercise in perseverance’ after previously being denied bail.
Sorokin is out on bail in New York City and confined to her apartment (Picture: Splash News)
She was pictured waving to photographers from her window (Picture: Splash News)
‘So many immigration lawyers told me I’d get deported to Mars before I’d get out in New York,’ she continued to the New York Times.
‘I just had to find the person who’d align with my vision, not accept “no” for an answer and make it happen.’
Sorokin voiced her regret about how ‘things played out’ and said she will learn from her experience.
She is now planning a book and a new podcast and hopes to highlight the struggles of women in prison.
The convicted Russian-born swindler is facing deportation (Picture: AFP)
Julia Garner portrays Anna Delvey in the Netflix series Inventing Anna (Picture: Netflix)
Sorokin posed as Anna Delvey, a rich German heiress with a multi-million-euro fortune.
She said that her father was either an oil billionaire, a diplomat, or a senior official in the solar energy business, depending on who asked.
Between 2013 and 2017, Sorokin lived the high life and travelled for free by private jet, and lived on credit in Manhattan hotels, without ever paying anything. Her frauds were worth around $275,000 (£242,000).
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Sorokin’s lies eventually caught up with her, however, and she was jailed in 2017 for her financial crimes but released after four years in February 2021.
However, she was then taken back into custody amid efforts to deport her from the United States for overstaying her visa.
Her story inspired the mini-series Inventing Anna – for which she is believed to have received $320,000 (£282,000).
Inventing Anna is available to stream on Netflix.
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Sorokin was granted release from a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement last week.