Anna Sorokin, a woman who once pretended to be a wealthy German heiress named Anna Delvey to rip off friends and banks for tens of thousands of dollars, has been released.
After serving for nearly four years, she was released on parole from Albion Correctional Facility in New York State on Thursday, according to Department of Corrections data.
In April 2019, Sorokin, 30, was convicted by a Manhattan jury on four counts of theft, three cases of grand theft and one count of attempted grand theft. She was cleared of major theft and attempted major theft, according to The Associated Press.
A month later, New York judge Diane Kiesel Sorokin sentenced to four to 12 years in prison, saying she was “baffled by the depth of the defendant’s deceit.”
Prosecutors said Sorokin convinced friends and companies to give her money to fund her lavish lifestyle by falsely claiming that her father was a diplomat or an oil baron, and that she had a fortune in excess of $ 60 million abroad.
In one instance, she promised a friend a fully paid trip to Morocco, but left her friend with the $ 62,000 bill, prosecutors claimed. Another time, Sorokin persuaded a bank to loan her $ 100,000, which she never paid back.
Sorokin was also charged with forging financial documents in an attempt to secure a $ 22 million loan for a private arts club she wanted to open.
Sorokin’s lies allowed her to steal about $ 275,000, including a $ 35,400 bill for a flight she chartered to and from Nebraska, prosecutors said.
Before she was convicted, Sorokin went to court and said, “I apologize for the mistakes I have made.”
Last month, Sorokin paid restitution to her victims with $ 320,000 received from Netflix, which acquired the rights to turn her life story into a limited series, the Insider reported.
As a German citizen, Sorokin faces deportation back to her home country after authorities said she exceeded her visa.
