Anna Sorokin, convicted of being an impostor, has been released from deportation custody by the US immigration service ICE. The 31-year-old has been held since March 2021, having previously been jailed for more than three years for theft.
US media reported that Sorokin was ordered to post $10,000 bail, is now under house arrest at home in New York, and is wearing an electronic tag.
The trial against Sorokin attracted international attention. The German-Russian had posed as a rich heiress in Manhattan’s high society under the name Anna Delvey. Prosecutors accused her of forging documents and stealing $275,000 from New York financial institutions, luxury hotels and celebrities. Her story was also filmed by the streaming provider Netflix under the title “Inventing Anna”.
According to the immigration authorities, Sorokin has overstayed her visa and must be deported to Germany. Sorokin is taking legal action against this. A Manhattan judge ruled this week that she could be released on house arrest, subject to conditions. Immigration judge Charles Conroy ordered bail and the said ankle bracelet, and she is not allowed to comment on social media.
Sorokin’s attorney, Duncan Levin, went on to say that his client was delighted that she was being released from custody so that she could focus on appealing “the wrongful conviction that was passed on her.”
