Anna “Delvey” Sorokin, the con artist who swindled Manhattan’s elite by posing as a German heiress, says she got “exactly what I wanted” after her release from jail.
In her first interview since getting out, she told the New York Times she is “really happy” to be out of jail and added that “nothing was guaranteed”.
The infamous scammer-socialite defrauded banks and New York City big names to the tune of around $67m (£51.5m) to fund her jet-setting lifestyle.
The spree eventually saw her sentenced to four to 12 years and was the subject of the hit Netflix series Inventing Anna.
She was released from state prison in February 2021 but was swiftly back in jail again after Immigrant and Customs Enforcement (ICE) took her into custody.
Sorokin, 31, was granted a $10,000 bond and released from jail on Friday.
She is subject to house arrest and is banned from social media.
Sorokin spoke to the New York Times, saying she is “really happy”.
She told the newspaper: “They denied bail before. It was an exercise in perseverance.
“So many immigration lawyers told me I’d get deported to Mars before I’d get out in New York.”
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Sorokin, who was born in the then-Soviet Union, expects to be in the Big Apple for a while as her immigration case goes through the courts.
“I’m really, really happy about that. That’s exactly what I wanted. I’m just hoping to get more freedom eventually.”
Sorokin is now living in a one-bedroom apartment in the East Village area of the city.
Asked if the money to lease the apartment and the $10,000 bond were hers, she replied: “Yes.”