Anna Delvey: from scammer to Dancing With the Stars star — how did she manage to do it?
19 september 2024 в 02:13
Anna Delvey is best known for her scandalous past as a fraudster, but now she is redefining herself. The 33-year-old participant of Dancing With the Stars, and many want to know how she got there. As she is known as a con artist, viewers want to know the answer to one question: What did Anna do?
Anna’s last name is actually Sorokin by law. She was born in January 1991 in the small town of Domodedovo, located outside of Moscow, Russia. After visiting New York during Fashion Week, working as an intern at the French magazine Purple, Anna decided to move to the Big Apple.
The fraudster deceived countless people after moving to New York. Living in various hotels and not paying bills, Anna continued to deceive various companies. She used invalid credit cards and even fake bank statements to appear as a wealthy socialite.
By 2017, the New York police arrested Anna during an undercover operation. At that time, she was in a rehab center in Los Angeles. In April 2019, Anna was found guilty on eight charges, including attempted grand larceny, second and third-degree fraud, and theft of services.
After being sentenced to four to twelve years in prison, Anna was released early in 2021. Since then, her story has become known, and Netflix adapted her life story into the successful series Inventing Anna.
By the end of 2022, Anna had sold over $ 300,000 worth of artwork. This helped her pay bail and cover several months of rent in her apartment in the East Village in New York.
After that, Anna was able to return to the fashion industry. In 2023, she was invited to perform at New York Fashion Week for the brand SHAO. The following year, Anna was invited to participate in the 33rd season of DWTS. Not shying away from her criminal past, Anna posed in the official promo photo for the show, wearing a handcuff on her ankle
Anna’s last name is actually Sorokin by law. She was born in January 1991 in the small town of Domodedovo, located outside of Moscow, Russia. After visiting New York during Fashion Week, working as an intern at the French magazine Purple, Anna decided to move to the Big Apple.
The fraudster deceived countless people after moving to New York. Living in various hotels and not paying bills, Anna continued to deceive various companies. She used invalid credit cards and even fake bank statements to appear as a wealthy socialite.
By 2017, the New York police arrested Anna during an undercover operation. At that time, she was in a rehab center in Los Angeles. In April 2019, Anna was found guilty on eight charges, including attempted grand larceny, second and third-degree fraud, and theft of services.
After being sentenced to four to twelve years in prison, Anna was released early in 2021. Since then, her story has become known, and Netflix adapted her life story into the successful series Inventing Anna.
By the end of 2022, Anna had sold over $ 300,000 worth of artwork. This helped her pay bail and cover several months of rent in her apartment in the East Village in New York.
After that, Anna was able to return to the fashion industry. In 2023, she was invited to perform at New York Fashion Week for the brand SHAO. The following year, Anna was invited to participate in the 33rd season of DWTS. Not shying away from her criminal past, Anna posed in the official promo photo for the show, wearing a handcuff on her ankle
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