Imposter Anna Sorokin avoids attempted expulsion from the U.S. USA to Germany

Berlin, 15 Mar The German imposter Anna Sorokin, convicted in the United States of fraud, has managed to prevent the attempt by the US authorities to expel her to Germany again, reports the weekly “Der Spiegel”. Sorokin, who under the name Anna Delvey deceived New York high society by posing as the heir to a large fortune, should have flown yesterday from New York to Frankfurt, Germany, but it seems that the migration authorities failed to enforce that order. According to that publication, Sorokin refused to leave the premises where she is waiting to be deported on the grounds that the deadline for the execution of that order has expired. The case of Sorokin, 31, has become a media phenomenon in the United States, through the series “Inventing Anna” on the platform “Netflix”, as well as podcasts and social networks. According to “Der Spiegel”, this has allowed the condemned woman to maintain a strong media presence, something she would lose if she was expelled to Germany, where a less relevant existence awaits her. Born in 1991 in Moscow, Sorokin moved to Germany with her family at the age of 16, after which she emigrated to London, Paris and finally the United States. Under the name Anna Delvey, she carved a niche among the elites of New York, frequenting shops, couturiers and luxury restaurants where she left tips of $100. He even planned to open a super-exclusive club to be designed by Gabriel Calatrava, son of Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava. In 2017, she was arrested for failing to pay a $11,518 bill at a luxury hotel. Her trial became a media issue and she was finally sentenced to serve between 4 and 12 years in prison for fraud. She was released in February 2021 for good behavior, but she was placed in the custody of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service (ICE), which opened the procedures to deport her, without having succeeded until now. CHIEF gc-rh/jam/jac