Anna Delvey, whose real name is Anna Sorokin, is a con artist who posed as a wealthy German heiress to infiltrate the upper-class social and art scenes of New York City from 2013 to 2017. She created a fabricated identity and used fake financial documents to convince banks, hotels, and acquaintances to lend her large sums of money or provide services without payment. Delvey also proposed a high-profile private members' club and arts foundation, using these schemes to fund a lavish lifestyle. She was ultimately arrested in 2017 and convicted in 2019 of multiple charges including attempted grand larceny and theft of services. After serving time, she was released on parole and later placed under house arrest while contesting a deportation order. Her story gained widespread media attention and inspired the Netflix series "Inventing Anna".