Anna Sorokina: financial con artist, posing as a wealthy German heiress, was sentenced to 4-12 years in prison

Anna Sorokina, who disguised herself as Anna Delvi is the heir to a large fortune in Germany, was sentenced to a prison term of 4 to 12 years. That is, if a girl will behave after about 4 years the penalty may be changed to probation.

During sentencing on Thursday, judge Diane Kizel said that she was «shocked by the depth of the deception of defendant, its intricate lies that supported her Scam». Kizel also remembered the song Blinded by the Light Bruce Springsteen. «She was blinded by the lights and glamour of new York,» said the judge, according to BuzzFeed News.

Sorokin was planning to open a private club for art lovers, but the truth came to light and it became known that she was invited friends in hotels, restaurants, banks, operators of private jets, $200 thousand last month Sorokin (28) pleaded guilty to the theft and theft of services.

During the trial, she demanded to give her stylist-selected outfits and doing ugly drawings of the representative of the prosecution. But during the sentencing, the girl was acting modest. She told the judge: «I apologize for the mistakes I made».

The story of Anna has become a sensation in the media and was written many articles in journals. Planned filming of the series based on her life.

At trial, prosecutors said that she had overdrawn at the Bank and forged financial statements, sounding like Anna Delvi. The jury agreed that she fraudulently put himself «in the best position to get the money,» rotating among wealthy collectors, dealers and auctioneers. Prosecutors noted that Sorokin sought «to live an extravagant life that was beyond her means». In turn, her lawyers claimed that Sorokin was not unique in understanding that the external glamour was the key to acceptance in the circles in which she wanted to get.

«Imitate until you get it,» explained her lawyer Todd Spodek. He admitted that the approach of her clients was unethical, but, he said, was not illegal because she was planning to return all the money. He added: «Any millennial will tell you that there is nothing unusual in delusions of grandeur».

German-Russian woman Anna Sorokin, who passed herself off as an heiress named Anna Delvey, faces sentencing in New York on Thursday after being convicted of stealing over $200,000 and attempting to make off with millions more https://t.co/xsQUwTslFa pic.twitter.com/d0Iqqfj5xg

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The jury refused to certain charges against the girl, including the alleged attempted deception to obtain a loan in the amount of $22 million and the charges that she swindled $60 million from a friend that paid luxury trip to Morocco.

Prosecutors said that she has absolutely no money.

Immigration and customs enforcement, the United States stated that after release it will seek the deportation Sorokina in Germany. They added that Sorokin exceeded the length of stay in the country specified in her visa 2017.

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