DHS Looks to Give Fake Heiress the Boot

Anna "Delvey" Sorokin's time in the US might soon be up. A Homeland Security spokesperson tells the New York Post that the convicted fake heiress has "made a mockery" of US courts and immigration rules and that officials "look forward to sending her home" to Germany sometime "soon." The Russian-born German citizen, 35, is out on an ankle monitor as she appeals an order to remove her from the country; she overstayed a tourist visa and was later convicted of scamming banks, hotels, and friends who funded her luxury New York City lifestyle. She was released from prison in 2021.

Sorokin, whose post-conviction notoriety was supercharged by Netflix's Inventing Anna and a stint on Dancing With the Stars, continues to lean into her Delvey persona online. She posts videos of her "favorite hair moments," facials, and how she fits tights under her ankle monitor for her million-plus Instagram followers, occasionally provoking furor. In a 2022 interview, she argued she shouldn't face a lifetime ban from the US, where "I lived out most of my adult life," per Fox News. She lived in New York from 2013 until her arrest in 2017, People reports. She's been under house arrest since 2022 but is able to travel within 70 miles of home, Page Six reported in 2024.