Anna Sorokin has been found guilty of four counts of theft of services, three counts of grand larceny and one count of attempted grand larceny
Anna Sorokin leaves the courtroom during jury deliberations in her trial at New York State Supreme Court, in New York, on April 25, 2019.A New York jury on Thursday convicted an extravagant socialite who bankrolled an implausibly lavish lifestyle with tens of thousands of dollars she swindled from banks, hotels and friends who believed she was a wealthy German heiress.
Her defence attorney, Todd Spodek, said Sorokin could face between five and 15 years in prison on the most serious charge. She is scheduled to be sentenced May 9.Sorokin also faces deportation to Germany because authorities say she overstayed her visa. She claimed her father was a diplomat or an oil baron and went to extraordinary lengths to have others pay her way. Prosecutors alleged that she promised one friend an all-expenses paid trip to Morocco but then stuck her with the $62,000 bill – Sorokin was acquitted of that charge.
Spodek insisted that Sorokin planned to settle her six-figure debts and was merely “buying time.” He portrayed her as an ambitious entrepreneur who had merely gotten in over her head but had no criminal intent.
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