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Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

Fake Heiress Anna Delvey Claims Ankle Monitor Makes Her a Spectacle

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

iHeartPodcasts and CrimeOnline

News, True Crime

4.28.1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 September 2024

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Fake German heiress Anna Sorokin conned her way into Manhattan society.

Using the alias Anna Delvey, she swindled banks, hotels, and friends out of more than $200,000. She forged checks to obtain money from banks and charmed others into covering extravagant meals and travel expenses.

Sorokin was convicted on multiple counts of grand larceny and theft of services. After serving her sentence, the 31-year-old was released from prison and is now fighting deportation.

Despite this, Sorokin continues to find success. She secured a deal with Netflix for the rights to her life story and began selling her artwork. Sorokin also commented that her home confinement and social media ban feel “more restrictive” than jail. She now says her ankle monitor has turned her into a spectacle.

Joining Nancy Grace Today:

  • Wendy Patrick – California Prosecutor, Author of “Why Bad Looks Good” and “Red Flags,” and Host of “Today with Dr. Wendy” on KCBQ in San Diego; X: @WendyPatrickPHD
  • Dr. Donna Rockwell – Clinical Psychologist (Michigan/New York) Specializes in Celebrity Mental Health; Adjunct Faculty: Saybrook University: College of Integrative Medicine and Health Sciences, DonnaRockwell.com; CEO/Founder: “Already Famous with Dr. Donna”
  • Jim Ellis – Certified Fraud Examiner, Former FBI Agent (29 years), JKE Texas Private Investigator
  • Rebecca Rosenberg –   Crime Reporter; Author: “At Any Cost;” Twitter: @ReRosenberg

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Transcript

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0:00.0

It started with a backpack at the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games, a backpack that contain a bomb.

0:08.0

While the authorities focused on the wrong suspect, a serial bomber planned his next attacks, two abortion clinics, and a lesbian bar.

0:19.6

But this isn't his story, it's a human story, one that I've become entangled with.

0:24.7

I saw as soon as I turned the corner, basically someone bleeding out.

0:28.4

The victims of these brutal attacks were left to pick up the pieces, forced to explore the gray areas between right and wrong, life and death.

0:36.0

Their once ordinary lives and mine changed forever.

0:39.4

It kind of gave me a feeling of pending doom.

0:43.0

And all the while, our country found itself facing down a long and ugly reckoning with a growing threat.

0:49.0

Far right, homegrown, religious terrorism.

0:58.3

Listen to Flashpoint on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

1:00.8

Crime Stores with Nancy Grace.

1:05.0

Does the name Anna Delvy Ring Abell, the fake heiress, aka Anna Sarkin, who claimed to be a Russian heiress and worth millions of dollars, but what she did is rip off friends and business

1:26.8

acquaintances to the tens of tens of thousands of dollars, possibly up to a quarter million dollars?

1:37.0

Well, it ain't over yet. In the last days, the fake heiress, Anna Delvey, says she doesn't want to be a quote,

1:48.0

spectacle. Really? Since when? She doesn't want to be a quote spectacle with her bedazzled ankle monitor.

1:59.9

I'm Nancy Grace.

2:01.0

This is crime stories.

2:02.3

Thank you for being with us.

2:04.4

Anna Delvey, who we believe ripped off friends, acquaintances, and business

2:11.2

connections up to the tune of around $250,000

2:17.0

convincing all these people she was a fake Russian

2:20.9

Arist, oh dear Lord in Heaven, now claims wearing her ankle monitor is a quote

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