Heiress hoax scores woman celebrity treatment, and charges
Posted March 27, 2019 1:09 am.
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NEW YORK — Anna Sorokin travelled in celebrity circles and tossed $100 tips — all the more reason to believe she was the German heiress she said she was.
Prosecutors say the jet-set lifestyle and pricy threads masked a fraudster who bilked friends, banks and hotels for a taste of the high life.
The 28-year-old Sorokin is scheduled to stand trial Wednesday on charges she swindled $275,000 in a 10-month odyssey that saw her jetting to Marrakesh before landing in a New York City jail cell.
Sorokin is accused of living in luxury hotels she couldn’t afford, promising a friend a free trip and then sticking her with the bill, and peddling bogus bank statements in a quest for a $22 million loan.
Sorokin’s lawyer says she’s “presumed innocent and never intended to commit a larceny.”
Michael R. Sisak, The Associated Press
