Socialite Scammer Anna Delvey To Be Deported Back To Germany

Convicted con artist and fraudster Anna Sorokin, who pretended to be a wealthy heiress under the name Anna Delvey, is set to be deported to Germany this week after she was released from a New York detention center, according to a report.

Sorokin, the 31-year-old who swindled New York's elite out of hundreds of thousands of dollars, was scheduled to board a flight to Frankfurt Monday night, the New York Post reported, citing unnamed sources.

She was "furious" about her deportation as she had appealed to remain in the U.S., according to the sources. The case is scheduled to be heard on April 19.

"I was chatting with her this morning. She didn’t expect this," Blake Cummings, a friend who ran Sorokin's Instagram account while she was in detention, was quoted as saying by The New York Times.

Sorokin had stayed at the Orange County Correctional Facility in Goshen, New York, since March 25, 2021.

She was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Lower Manhattan because she allegedly overstayed her visa.

Sorokin sued ICE during her detainment, claiming the agency allegedly refused multiple requests for a COVID-19 booster shot and she ended up testing positive for the virus on Jan. 19.

Todd Spodek, Sorokin's criminal defense lawyer, declined to comment.

A spokesman for ICE also declined to answer questions regarding Sorokin's deportation, but he claimed that she was still technically under the custody of immigration authorities.

Prior to her arrest last year, Sorokin was sentenced to four to 12 years in prison back in 2019 on one count of attempted grand larceny, three counts of grand larceny and four counts of theft of services. She served her time in Albion Correctional Facility until she was released on parole in February 2021, getting out early for good behavior.

She had swindled $275,000 out of friends and various businesses in New York by pretending to be a German heiress named Anna Delvey who had a $60 million inheritance and was raising funds to launch a Manhattan social club.

In reality, Sorokin was born in the working-class Russian town of Domodedovo, where her father worked as a truck driver and her mother owned a small convenience store. The family later moved to Germany in 2007, and Sorokin is now a German citizen.

Sorokin's life was adapted into the series "Inventing Anna" by Netflix. She was paid $320,000 to be a consultant for the show, NBC News reported.

The fake heiress used her Netflix money to "pay everybody back," her best friend, Neffatari Davis, told the New York Post.

"She’s paid for her crimes, she didn’t kill anyone. She did wrong, but, at the end of the day, there are people who have done worse," Davis said.