Who Is Anna Sorokin? What to Know About the Fake Heiress Dubbed the ‘Soho Grifter’

The trial for a former New York City socialite who allegedly faked being a German heiress and swindled a number of people and businesses out of hundreds of thousands of dollars has kicked off.

Anna Sorokin, 28, who was known among New York's art and party crowd as Anna Delvey from 2013 to 2017, traveled all over the world and lived in expensive hotel rooms before she was arrested in October 2017 and jailed at Rikers Island.

The trial for a former New York City socialite who allegedly faked being a German heiress and swindled a number of people and businesses out of hundreds of thousands of dollars has kicked off. Anna Sorokin, 28, who was known among New York's art and party crowd as Anna Delvey from 2013 to 2017, traveled all over the world and lived in expensive hotel rooms before she was arrested in October 2017 and jailed at Rikers Island.