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Fake heiress Anna Sorokin says her around-the-clock home confinement and ban from social media are “more restrictive” than being behind bars, new court papers show. Sorokin — who rose to infamy under the alter ego Anna Delvey — has been forced to stay in an apartment 24 hours a day for more than a year as she fights deportation and her 2019 conviction for scamming $200,000 from banks and businesses. Now the fraudster is asking a Manhattan federal judge to step in and change the conditions of her house arrest — which ban her from leaving home for any reason...

Anna Delvey poses for a portrait while on house arrest at a private residence in the East Village on November 7, 2022 in New York City. It’s 4 p.m. on a Monday afternoon and Anna Sorokin is blasting Drake from her quaint apartment in the East Village of Manhattan. When I arrive at the top of her five-floor walk-up, she doesn’t come out, instead yelling from the bathroom to let myself in. “Sorry, I’ll be right out. I can’t figure out what to wear! What’s the vibe?” she asks, in that iconic European accent that Julia Garner mastered in her...

The con woman known as "the fake heiress" for posing as a wealthy socialite in New York says she is trying to make the best of her newfound infamy since her release from prison. When asked if crime pays, Anna Sorokin told BBC Newsnight: "In a way, it did." Sorokin was paid $320,000 (£230,000) by Netflix for her story and says she has been offered other deals. She went to jail after tricking banks, hoteliers and friends out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. The story of her exploits - under the pseudonym Anna Delvey - went viral in New...

It started with money, as it so often does in New York. A crisp $100 bill slipped across the smooth surface of the mid-century-inspired concierge desk at 11 Howard, the sleek new boutique hotel in Soho. Looking up, Neffatari Davis, the 25-year-old concierge, who goes by “Neff,” was surprised to see the cash had come from a young woman who seemed to be around her age. She had a heart-shaped face and pouty lips surrounded by a wild tangle of red hair, her eyes framed by incongruously chunky black glasses that Neff, an aspiring cinematographer with an eye for detail,...