Anna Delvey Netflix Salary: Here's How She Spent Her $320,000 Pay

Anna Sorokin — the woman who pretended to be a German heiress named Anna Delvey to scam hotels, banks and other members of New York's elite out of hundreds of thousands of dollars — received a considerable sum from Netflix for the rights to adapt her life story into a TV series.

Sorokin, who was convicted on multiple fraud charges in 2019, is the focus of the hit nine-part series "Inventing Anna," which recently claimed the no. 1 spot on Netflix's top 10 list for TV shows in the U.S.

The Russia-born convicted fraudster, 31, was paid $320,000 by the streaming service to adapt her story for the hit show, Insider reported.

Sorokin used $199,000 of this amount to pay restitution to the banks, while $24,000 went to settling state fines, according to records reviewed by the outlet.

After she paid off her victims, Albany County Judge Richard Platkin ordered New York state's Office of Victim Services on Jan. 27 last year to unfreeze Sorokin's bank account, which had been frozen in May 2019 when the state invoked the "Son of Sam" law. The law prevents criminals from profiting from their crimes.

Following this order, Sorokin was allowed to use the funds she had left in her bank account before she was released from prison on good behavior in February 2021.

Before the judge's order, Sorokin had agreed to pay the $70,000 in restitution she still owed to Citibank, court records seen by Insider showed. She had already paid the $100,000 she owed to City National Bank, The Wall Street Journal reported.

Aside from the $223,000 she paid in restitution and fines, Sorokin also paid $75,000 in attorney fees. She was expected to pay more fees once the legal proceedings in her case concluded, the outlet noted. This means that little money will be left from her Netflix payout.

While pretending to be a German heiress with a $60 million fortune, Sorokin swindled $275,000 from financial institutions and friends to pay for her extravagant lifestyle between 2016 and 2017.

Sorokin tricked a close friend into paying for her luxury vacation in Morocco and persuaded the executive of a private jet company to let her fly on credit, according to reports. She also ran up large tabs at luxury hotels and restaurants that she never paid.

Sorokin was arrested in 2018 and was convicted of second-degree grand larceny and theft of services the following year. She was sentenced to four to 12 years in prison but was released on parole last year.

Jurors found her not guilty of one of the most serious charges — attempted grand larceny in the first degree regarding a $22 million loan she tried to obtain.

Sorokin is currently under the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for overstaying her visa and faces deportation to Germany. It is unclear when Sorokin will be deported.

"Inventing Anna," which stars Julia Garner as Sorokin, is currently streaming on Netflix.