Anna ‘Delvi’ Sorokin is in US custody

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The story of Anna ‘Delvi’ Sorok, who appeared in US court on March 27, 2019, became a Netflix series

Anna Sorokin, The Fraudster who pretends to be the German heir to Anna DelviThe U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainee is in New York’s upstate today, his lawyer and company confirmed to Forbes several days after he announced his deportation to Germany.

Sorokin’s lawyer, Manny Arora, told Forbes on Monday that a petition was filed to suspend his deportation, and that he was in custody for about a year at the Orange County Correctional Facility in Cochrane, New York.

Sorokin, 31, told ICE spokesman Forbes. He remains in custody until an emergency restraining order is granted Presented in November. A spokesman said the ICE had not commented on “future removal measures.” The German newspaper Der Spiegel was the first to report that Sorokin had not been deported.

Yesterday, Insider reported that Sorokin was being deported to Germany, where he had a family, citing two anonymous sources, that his prison convenience store credit had been reduced to zero and that his video call account had been deactivated. The New York Times reports that he was released on a text message from Sorokin’s prison and that several friends confirmed to the press that he was being deported. Aurora told NBC News he had not been asked by his client and that he was “working under the presumption of deportation”. However, Aurora told the Network that Sorokin had 30 days to appeal against the decision and that his deportation was “not legally appropriate” at this time.

Who is Anna ‘Delvi’ Sorokin?

The Sorokin’s story was recently narrated in the Netflix Limited series “Inventing Anna”., Starring Julia Garner and Anna Klumski and based on an article from the popular 2018 New York magazine written by Jessica Presler. For five years, Sorokin deceived the upper class in New York by pretending to be a German heir to the $ 60 million trust fund while working to open a private club called the Anna Delvi Foundation.

Is it there He was arrested in 2017 and finally sentenced in 2019 Theft, theft attempt and theft of services. Prosecutors argue that Sorokin stole thousands of dollars from banks, hotels and restaurants. Sorokin’s lawyer said he wanted to pay everyone and that his plans for the club were legitimate. Sorokin was released in 2019 and lived in New York for about six weeks until he was arrested by the ICE for violating his visa. According to Insider, Netflix paid Sorokin $ 320,000 for the rights to his story. Sorokin appeals his criminal sentence and said the visa delay was “accidental”.

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