My Friend Anna (2019)
Anna Sorokin (Russian: Анна Вади́мовна Сорокина, romanized: Anna Vadimovna Sorokina, pronounced [ˈanːə sɐˈrokʲɪnɐ]; born January 23, 1991), also known as Anna Delvey, is a Russian-German former socialite who gained notoriety for posing as a wealthy German heiress and was convicted in New York of grand larceny, attempted grand larceny, and related offenses. Born near Moscow, Delvey emigrated from Russia to Germany with her family as a teenager. In 2011, at the age of 20, Delvey left Germany to live in London and Paris. In 2013, Delvey relocated to New York City, where she interned for the French fashion magazine Purple. She conceived of a private members' club and arts foundation, which included leasing a large building to feature pop-up shops and exhibitions by notable artists she met while interning. She later created fake financial documents to substantiate her claims of having a multi-million-euro trust fund and forged multiple wire transfer confirmations. She used these documents, as well as fraudulent checks, to trick banks, acquaintances, and realtors into paying out cash and granting large loans without collateral. She used this to fund her lavish lifestyle, including…
- Published
- 2019
- Pages
- 278
