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德國假名媛混入美國上流社會 騙倒紐約精英圈

一個活躍於美國紐約上流社會的名媛，號稱是德國6000萬歐元（6700萬美元）家族財產的繼承人。

該名女子叫安娜·德爾維（Anna Delvey），每天住五星級酒店。她穿名牌服裝、參加頂級派對、乘坐私人飛機，出手大方，經常給人100美元的小費。

安娜·德爾維很快打入了紐約上流社會的社交圈，並與各界名流富賈摩肩接踵。

然而，人們有所不知的是安娜·德爾維其人根本不存在，她的真名叫安娜·索羅金（Anna Sorokin），由於涉嫌詐騙受到審判。她的詐騙金額高達近28萬美元。

安娜·索羅金

她從小與父母一起從俄羅斯搬到德國居住，並有過在英國和法國學習和實習等經歷。

她的故事如此離奇。Neflix計劃把安娜·索羅金的經歷拍成電視故事。

德國富二代？

檢控方說，在2016-2017年期間，安娜·索羅金先後詐騙酒店、銀行以及朋友等。

安娜·索羅金自稱要開設一家名為安娜·德爾維基金會的私人藝術俱樂部。

她還稱由於種種官僚障礙使她從歐洲向美國轉移財富受阻，因此需要借錢貸款等。

2016年11月，她偽造銀行帳單以及其他假文件申請一筆2200萬美金的貸款，作為在曼哈頓開藝術俱樂部的費用。

雖然沒能如願以償拿到這筆貸款，但是銀行還是給了她10萬美金的預付款。

安娜用詐騙來的錢過著奢華的生活，她被指控曾用35000美元租用私人飛機，但卻從未支付這筆帳單。

花錢如流水

雷切爾·威廉姆斯(Rachel Williams）是索羅金的受害者之一。索羅金曾邀請雷切爾到摩洛哥度假，費用由索羅金全包。

但在刷卡時，索羅金的信用卡卻出了問題。於是，索羅金請雷切爾替她先墊上，承諾之後會把這筆錢還給她。

摩洛哥之旅持續一周時間，卻花了62000美金，索羅金則從未把欠款還給雷切爾。

索羅金把利用各種手段騙來的錢用於支付自己的豪華生活：私人健身教練、豪華酒店、頂級派對等等。

索羅金據報有自己的美髮師，曾有兩次因為拒穿不符合她標凖的服裝而出庭遲到，受到檢控方批評。

其中一次，法官非常氣憤，告訴安娜·索羅金：「這不是時裝表演。」

索羅金自從2017年被監禁。如果被判有罪，她可能面臨最高15年的徒刑。

她還可能被遣返回德國，因為她在美國的簽證已經過期。

Neflix將把索羅金的故事拍成電視連續劇，由美國著名編劇珊達·瑞姆斯（Shonda Rhimes） 來操刀。

瑞姆斯因為執導電視劇《實習醫生格蕾》而成名。

https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/trad/world-47934952

Anna Sorokin (born January 23, 1991)^[2], better known as Anna Delvey, born Anna Vadimovna Sorokina (Russian: Анна Вадимовна Сорокина)^[1], is a German-Russian woman who was involved in the socialite scene in Manhattan. In 2019, she was convicted of multiple counts of attempted grand larceny, theft of services and larceny in the second degree for scamming wealthy New York City business acquaintances and several hotels.

Early life and education

Sorokin was born in Domodedovo^[1] near Moscow,^[3] in the Soviet Union, in 1991. She was one of the two children in the family^[1]. Before the family moved to Germany, Anna’s father Vadim Sorokin worked as a truck driver and her mother owned a small convenience store, but later became a housewife^[1]. The family moved to Cologne, Germany in 2007 when Anna was 16.^[3] She attended high school in Eschweiler, near the German-Belgian-Dutch border, and was described by classmates as a quiet girl who had a difficult time with the German language. Sorokin graduated from gymnasium in 2011 and then moved to London to attend the Central Saint Martins art school, but did not finish and returned to Germany.^[4]

Career

Sorokin started as an intern at a public relations firm in Germany and then moved to Paris to become an intern for Purple, a French fashion, art and culture magazine and soon changed her name to Anna Delvey.^[4]

Arrest and fame

In 2017, she was arrested on six charges of grand larceny for allegedly scamming wealthy New York City business acquaintances and several hotels.^[5][6] According to the Manhattan District Attorney's office, the damage might be as high as $275,000.^[7]

Delvey initially faced three counts of misdemeanour theft of services due to complaints regarding stays at the Beekman Hotel and the W Downtown as well as a meal at the Parker Méridien hotel in New York.^[8]

Her life as one of Manhattan's socialites has been covered prominently before and after her arrest. In 2018, New York published a profile about her life, business dealings, and arrest.^[4] Shonda Rhimes acquired the rights to the New York magazine profile and is developing a Netflix Original series based on it.^[9] Lena Dunham is reported to be working on a separate project about Delvey, based on an account in Vanity Fair.^[10]

Trial

On December 18, 2018, Delvey appeared in New York City Criminal Court and rejected a plea deal that would have her released from jail and deported back to Germany in early 2019. Delvey decided to go to trial and a March 20, 2019 date was initially set by Judge Diane Kiesel.^[11] Jury selection began during the week of March 17th. On April 25, 2019, a jury found Delvey guilty of second-degree larceny, theft of services and one count of first-degree attempted grand larceny.^[12] Delvey was not found guilty in another charge of attempted grand larceny in the first degree for an attempted $22 million loan she tried to procure and a charge of theft of $60,000 for a Morocco trip.^[12] She is scheduled to be sentenced on May 9, 2019 and faces up to 15 years in prison.^[12][13] ICE has confirmed that she will be deported at some point due to her visa waiver overstay https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Delvey