Convicted con artist Anna Sorokin told The New York Times how important it was for her to stay in New York despite the risks of deportation.
Sorokin’s case became the basis for the Inventing Anna series on Netflix. She was released on Friday (October 7) from US immigration custody to be placed under house arrest. She told The Times she would feel like she was “running from something” if she allowed herself to be deported to Germany.
“Letting them deport me would have been like a sign of capitulation – confirmation of this perception of me as this superficial person who only cares about obscene wealth, and that’s just not the reality,” Sorokin told The Times late Friday night.
Last week, an immigration judge cleared the way for Sorokin’s release from house arrest while the deportation fight unfolds. Now she wears an ankle monitor after posting $10,000 bond.
Sorokin for years used the name Anna Delvey to impersonate the wealthy daughter of a German diplomat, and lied about having a $67 million overseas bankroll to give the impression that she could cover her debts, prosecutors said.
After serving three years in prison for defrauding banks, hotels and wealthy New Yorkers of US$275,000 to fund her luxurious lifestyle, Sorokin was arrested last year by immigration authorities who argued that she had overstayed her visa and should return to Germany, where she is a citizen. .
When asked what she plans to do now, Sorokin told The Times that she is working on her own podcast, which has yet to come to fruition, and that she wants to work on criminal justice reform. to highlight the struggles of other girls.
Sorokin also opened up about everything she learned in prison and how it’s impossible “to have gone through what I went through without changing.”