Sorokin became known as the “socialite scammer” for scamming wealthy people in New York City’s social scene out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Sorokin, going by Anna Delvey, pretended she was a rich German heiress who simply couldn’t access her fortune while overseas. Her scheme eventually fell apart and she was arrested and sentenced to 4 to 12 years in prison. Sorokin was released from prison in April but is currently being held by U.S. where she is fighting deportation.
She’s trying to move away from the “scammer persona” and plans to launch a collection of NFTs.
Her rise in the Manhattan social scene, as well as her arrest and subsequent trial, was depicted in the Netflix series “Inventing Anna.” Sorokin’s NFT collection, “Reinventing Anna,” is a play on the Netflix series. The “Anna Card” went live today, following a 2,000 item NFT mint yesterday, which can now be purchased for 0.1 ETH at press time. While still in federal custody, Sorokin told NBC News in an interview Thursday that she is making NFTs for her biggest fans.
When asked why anyone should buy anything from her given her track record, Sorokin believes she changed a lot in her 20s.
“I changed so much in a way,” she said, arguing that “I’m not like this vicious scamming person.”
Sorokin added that moving forward, she wants to do things by the books and focus on making “something legal.”
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