Anna Sorokin: fake German heiress sentenced to up to 12 years in prison

[Eugene]

Source: The Guardian and agencies

Anna Sorokin: fake German heiress sentenced to up to 12 years in prison

• Sorokin, 28, guilty of deception worth more than $200,000
• Judge: ‘She was blinded by the glitter and glamour of New York’

Edward Helmore in New York and agencies
Thu 9 May 2019 21.12 BST First published on Thu 9 May 2019 20.20 BST

A judge has sentenced the fake German heiress Anna Sorokin to four to 12 years in prison for defrauding hotels, restaurants, a private jet operator and banks out of more than $200,000.

Judge Diane Kiesel said she was “stunned by the depth of the defendant’s deception, her labyrinthine lies that kept her con afloat” at the sentencing on Thursday afternoon in Manhattan state court. As she handed down sentence, Kiesel reportedly made a reference to Bruce Springsteen’s song Blinded by the Light.

“She was blinded by the glitter and glamour of New York City,” the judge said, according to BuzzFeed News.

Sorokin, a would-be art collector, planned to open a members-only arts club but became known as the “Soho grifter” after her deception upon New York’s glitzy social scene came to light. Sorokin, 28, was found guilty last month of grand larceny and theft of services.

During the trial she was admonished for throwing tantrums when she couldn’t get her stylist-curated outfits, and drew unflattering sketches of the lead prosecutor during testimony.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/may/09/anna-sorokin-sentence-fake-heiress-scammer-delvey-jail-time-latest-news-new-york-trial

[marble falls]

1. Compared to what the average sentence is for vioent crimes, I think she's being punished for ...

rooking rich people. Hell, people who embezzle millions get less.


https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-average-prison-sentence-for-people-convicted-of-violent-crimes-versus-non-violent-crimes

In a nutshell, inmates released in 2009 served an average of 2.2 years for a drug offense, 2.3 years for a property offense, and 5 years for a violent offense. So, it does look like there are overall differences in length of sentence served based on the type of offense. However, the Pew study also points out that there are significant differences between jurisdictions.

For example, using the same 2009 data, Michigan had an average sentence length of 4.3 years for all offense types (the longest in the U.S.) and North Dakota had the shortest sentence length of 1.3 years. So, where the offense was prosecuted is important to determining variations in sentence length. It may be the case that there is only a minor difference in sentence length for violent versus non-violent offenses where you live.

[Pachamama]

2. Another Narcissistic Sociopath Grifter....

Amazingly her name isn’t Trump....but she is Russian...

“During the trial she was admonished for throwing tantrums when she couldn’t get her stylist-curated outfits, and drew unflattering sketches of the lead prosecutor during testimony.”

Wow....she is going to find prison difficult....