Russian-born German twentysomething Anna Sorokin fooled New York's elite when she posed as a German heiress called Anna Delvey, who supposedly had a $66 million trust fund. Living a jet-set lifestyle, Sorokin stayed at top hotels for months on end, partied with the rich and famous, and took extravagant vacations, documenting her high life on Instagram as @theannadelvey. But in 2017 her ruse unraveled, and Sorokin was finally arrested. After scamming banks, luxury hotels and individuals out of more than $200,000, she was convicted of theft of services and grand larceny in 2019 and sentenced to 12 years in jail. But this February Sorokin was released from prison early, and her scam story is being turned into a Netflix series. While Sorokin has now said she is "ashamed" of what she did, how did she get away with it for so long? Click or scroll on to find out.