![]() ![]() ![]() In reality, the so-called trust-fund babe who had boasted of having a £60 million fortune overseas was, in fact, the penniless daughter of a Russian truck driver who'd moved his family to Germany. Jurors heard how she'd taken up residence in splashy boutique hotels in downtown Manhattan, dressed in Balenciaga and Celine, patronised expensive restaurants and threw crisp $100 bills around like confetti to waiters, concierges and drivers. The world was gripped by her month-long trial. Posing as a glamorous - and highly plausible - art lover and socialite, she had spent ten months duping banks, law firms, hotels, fashion designers, a private jet company and supposed friends out of £211,000 after arriving in the U.S. The hybrid accent - flecked with vowels that fall somewhere between Moscow and Manhattan, via Berlin - gives her away it smacks of fancy finishing schools, trust funds and a leisured and affluent lifestyle.īut there's another instantly identifiable element to this telephone call: it's preceded by a pre-recorded message which announces that it's coming from a prison - the Orange County Correctional Facility in upstate New York, to be precise.Īnd the caller? Her name is Anna Sorokin - best known to the world as Anna Delvey - the notorious fake German heiress and convicted trickster who was jailed in 2019 for a series of jaw-dropping frauds that scandalised New York's wealthy art scene. The phone rings and the caller needs no introduction. ![]()
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