Anna Sorokin, the influencer who cheated everyone to belong to the high society and who could have his own series – 03/27/2019

Anna Sorokin She was part of celebrity circles and paid $ 100 to Uber drivers and hotel concierges, actions that made her think she was an heiress. However, behind the lifestyle of high society and expensive clothing, this young woman was a fraud that scam friends, banks and hotels, everything for the good life.

Sorokin, 28, lived in luxury hotels in New York, where she could not afford, she promised a friend a fully paid trip to Morocco, then she approved the $ 62,000 bill and gave false bank statements in search of a $ 22 million loan.

This Wednesday, start of the lawsuit against him for theft and theft of services, the influencer – with more than 50,000 followers on Instagram – admitted to swindle several people and businesses for $ 275,000 in a 10-odd odyssey, during which he traveled the United States and Morocco.

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"His system was to badert that it's a German heiress with a fortune of about 60 million dollars they were in accounts abroad, "said prosecutor Catherine McCaw after the arrest of Sorokin in October 2017. The reality is very different:" Russia was born and he does not have a penny in his name as much as we can determine. "

Sorokin started rubbing shoulders with New York high society in 2016 with a new name (Anna Delvey) and a perfect outfit: sunglbades by the French brand Céline, sandals from the Italian firm Gucci and luxury purchases by Net – a-Porter and Elyse Walker.

He did a show to prove that he belonged to this circle, giving 100 dollar bills as tip. But she told different stories about the origin of her wealth, according to people who knew her.

According to these people, he allegedly claimed that his father was a diplomat, an oil mogul and a major solar contractor. In real life, his father told New York magazine that he was working as a truck driver and that he currently operates a heating and air conditioning business.

Todd Spodek, the woman's attorney, said that she had no intention of committing a crime. In his opening address to the jury, Spodek stated that Sorokin had exploited a system that "seduced her by glamor and ostentation" after seeing how the emergence of wealth opened up many doors .

Spodek said that he was only saving time to start a business and pay his debts. "Anna had to pretend until she could do it," said the lawyer.

Sorokin faces a deportation process in Germany, regardless of the outcome of the trial, as the authorities said he had stayed longer than expected in the country. His story, however, could last.

Shonda Rhimes, the spirit of the award-winning series "Gray's Anatomy" and "Scandal", has announced thatwill laugh at a television series about his (fake) life of luxury and disappointment.