On Friday, the scammer who swindled New York socialites into believing she was a German heiress named Anna Delvey was released from an ICE detention facility in Goshen, New York, and sent back to Manhattan. U.S. immigrationgranted Sorokin’s $10,000 bond on Wednesday after she met all the conditions for her release. Sorokin’s lawyersaid in a statement, “We are extremely gratified by the court’s decision today to release Anna Sorokin.
In May 2019, Sorokin was sentenced to four to twelve years in prison for her involvement in financial crimes, including grand larceny and stealing a private jet. After serving four years, she was then sent to immigration detention for overstaying her visa. She spent the next 18 months behind bars after a judge determined that she was unrepentant. In a statement to the, the convicted fraudster said, “The thing is, I’m not sorry.
This week, however, Judge Conroy concluded that the fake heiress is no longer a threat, as long as she wears an ankle bracelet. She will also have to find a new way to sell her artwork as he ruled that she will be barred from using social media “either directly or by a third party.” Thanks to the viral, the dramatized Netflix series about her life that premiered earlier this year, Sorokin has amassed one million followers on Instagram.