USA: German impostor Anna Sorokin released with shackles

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German impostor Anna Sorokin released with shackles

Anna Sorokin’s story can be seen on the Netflix streaming service. photo

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Although the German was released from detention pending bail, she is far from really free. You have to meet certain requirements.

The German imposter Anna Sorokin (31) has been released from custody pending deportation in the United States. The 31-year-old was allowed to leave the institution, the responsible authority said.

NBC reported that Sorokin posted $10,000 bail and is being placed under house arrest in New York, requiring her to wear an ankle bracelet. The release does not change the intention of the American authorities to deport Sorokin.

Sorokin, born near Moscow in 1991, moved to Germany with her parents as a teenager and then graduated from high school in Eschweiler near Aachen. She then moved to New York via London and Paris, where she posed as an heiress to millions in Manhattan’s high society under the pseudonym Anna Delvey and – according to a court ruling in 2019 – stole services worth more than $ 200,000 (about 175,000 euros).

Sorokin was sentenced to four years in prison but was released in early 2021 for good behavior. Shortly thereafter, she was arrested again because of an expired visa and has been in the facility of the immigration service ICE ever since. She has appealed several times against being deported to Germany. Sorokin’s story can currently be seen under the title “Inventing Anna” on the Netflix streaming service, and according to her own statements, she is also working on another documentary series, a book and a podcast, among other things.

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