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Anna Delvey: The Fake Heiress Who Scammed New York | #447

Anna Delvey: The Fake Heiress Who Scammed New York | #447

RedHanded
Apr 23, 2026 1h 27m
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<div> <p>In the summer of 2017, 26-year-old Anna Sorokin was arrested in Manhattan with a stack of unpaid hotel bills and fraudulent loan requests in her wake. She’d been calling herself Anna Delvey: an uber-wealthy German heiress. In reality? She didn’t have a penny to her (fake) name.</p><p>Armed only with an untraceable accent and a passion for fashion, Anna tried to pull the designer wool over the eyes of some of America’s biggest financial institutions, in her bid to secure multi-million-dollar loans… </p><p>And the worst part? <em>She almost got away with it.</em> </p><p>Was Anna a con artist? An inspirational Robin Hood in high heels? An insufferable wannabe? Or all of the above? </p><p>--</p><p><a href="http://patreon.com/redhanded">Patreon</a> - Ad-free &amp; Bonus Episodes<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7dovjXDB69lhDjASbAgnwA">YouTube</a> - Full-length Video Episodes<br><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@redhandedthepod">TikTok</a> / <a href="https://www.instagram.com/redhandedthepod/">Instagram</a></p></div>

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