The influence of the New York elite has been condemned to a minimum of four years

NEW YORK. A German woman who has come forward as a wealthy heiress to scam New York boutique hotels and famous friends with a series of bounced checks will be sentenced Thursday in a state court after that. " a jury condemned it last month for multiple charges of theft.

Anna Sorokin, 28, faces up to 15 years in prison for her deception in 2016 and 2017.

Sorokin was born in Russia and in adolescence, he moved to Germany with his family. Anna Delvey, an aspiring high-society woman who wore luxury clothes and whose credit cards were starting to be rejected frequently, called Anna Delvey, while she claimed to have a trust fund.

Prosecutors at the Manhattan prosecutor 's office said Sorokin had defrauded other people for about $ 275,000 while he claimed to have $ 67 million worth of badets.

They added that the woman had used counterfeit bank statements to borrow a $ 22 million loan from a bank to fund a private arts club that she wanted to open in Manhattan.

In the end, he managed to get a $ 100,000 loan, which prosecutors say they never made. He used about $ 30,000 of this sum to pay the arrears at 11 Howard Hotel, where he resided.

Prosecutors also reported depositing $ 15,000 worth of NSF checks into an account at Signature Bank, successfully withdrawing $ 8,200 in cash before the checks were repaid.

He also cheated on a friend asking him to pay $ 62,000 at the end of a six-night luxury trip to Morocco, after his card was rejected, prosecutors said, but the jury did not agree. did not want to convict her of this charge.

Journalists Shonda Rhimes and Lena Dunham work separately to adapt Anna Delvey's story to the screen, according to media reports.

Reuters and AFP agencies