Anna Sorokin, who went by the name Anna Delvey, went on trial on grand larceny and theft of services charges in New York
Anna Sorokin traveled in celebrity circles and tossed $100 tips. All the more reason to believe she was the German heiress she said she was. But behind the jet-set lifestyle and pricey threads, prosecutors have said, was a fraudster who bilked friends, banks and hotels for a taste of the high life.
Sorokin, 28, lived in luxury New York City hotel rooms she couldn’t afford, promised a friend an all-expenses paid trip to Morocco and then stuck her with the $62,000 bill, and peddled bogus bank statements in a quest for a $22m loan, the Manhattan district attorney’s office has alleged.