From ZeroHedge:
Meet The 28-Year-Old Russian Woman Who Conned A New York Bank By Using "Financial Jargon"
Con artist Anna Sorokin took the phrase "fake it 'til you make it" to another level.July 23, 2018
The broke 28-year-old Russian was constantly making claims that she had access to wealth. One day, she was supposed to be a wealthy German heiress. Other days, she claimed to be the daughter of a diplomat, an oil baron or a solar panel entrepreneur. Other days, she simply boasted about having access to a $60 million fortune.
And the fabricated claims worked: they thrust her into a lifestyle that she sought to live, but could not afford. Sorokin wound up living a lavish lifestyle in New York for nearly 10 months, despite being broke. Prosecutors claim that Sorokin has "not a cent to her name, as far as we can tell". She's been in custody since her arrest in 2017.
One banker, Ryan Salem, recounted to SkyNews how Sorokin was turned down for a $22 million loan, which she claimed at the time was going to be used to fund an arts club. And despite some red flags, Salem and City National Bank wound up handing over $100,000 to Sorokin anyway because "she was so convincing". The money was supposed to be repaid in days, but - to nobody's shock - never made its way back to the bank....MORE
Scam the Scammer: "Wannabe socialite swindler may have bilked Fyre Festival fraudster"
Anna Sorokin and Billy McFarland
We have a winner in the Scammer Olympics — after Page Six learned that “socialite grifter” Anna Sorokin managed to bilk months of free accommodation in a Soho loft out of a fellow (alleged) heavyweight con artist, Fyre Festival organizer Billy McFarland.
In May 2017, it was revealed that Sorokin had posed as a German heiress called Anna Delvey to allegedly trick banks, businesses and friends into giving her hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash and goods.
But we hear that New York’s most beloved swindlers went head to head back in 2013 when Sorokin — who managed to stay at high-end hotels such as 11 Howard for months before being discovered — moved into the Wooster Street headquarters of McFarland’s dubious credit card company Magnises for four months....
