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By Mahita GajananUpdated: May 9, 2019 3:49 PM [ET] | Originally published: April 3, 2019 3:32 PM EDT;A former New York City socialite received a prison sentence Thursday after swindling banks, luxury hotels and her friends out of hundreds of thousands of dollars by convincing them she was a German heiress with money to burn.Anna Sorokin, 28, who was known among New York art and party crowd as Anna Delvey from 2013 to 2017, traveled all over the world and lived in expensive hotel rooms before she was arrested in October 2017 and jailed at Rikers Island. Sorokin case and extraordinary allegations of alleged grifting came to widespread attention following the publication of two prominent stories in New York Magazine and Vanity Fair in 2018. Both pieces highlighted the lengths to which Sorokin allegedly went to convince people, from close friends to banks and financial institutions, that she was a rich heiress with an endless well of money.Prosecutors said Sorokin story was all made up. She was accus stanley cup ed of grand larceny and theft of services for up to $275,000. In April, she was found gui stanley cup lty on many of the charges, including three counts of grand larceny and one count of attempted grand larceny. Sorokin was acquitted on one count of grand larceny and one count of attempted grand larceny mdash; jurors found her not guilty of one of the most serious charges, attempted grand larceny in the first degree over a $ stanley cup 22 million loan she allegedly attempted to secure Jfvt FBI Doesn t Know How Many Americans It Spies On
In this Mar. 21, 2017, file photo, Neil Gorsuch testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington.Susan Walsh鈥擜PBy Zamira RahimApril 6, 2017 10:36 AM EDTThe Senate is set to vote Thursday on invoking cloture, the process for ending debate af1 , for the Supreme Court nomination of Neil Gorsuch.In total, 44 Democrats are expected to oppose the nomination, meaning that the GOP lack the 60 votes needed to prevent a filibuster, leaving them more likely to trigger the nuclear option, the Associated Press reports.The option refers to the GOP changing jordan Senate rules to be able to successfully invoke cloture with just 52 votes, instead of 60. Such jordan a move would be remarkable, especially for the confirmation of a Supreme Court nominee, but has been repeatedly threatened by Senator Mitch McConnell, the chamber majority leader.The vote is scheduled for 11 a.m. ET and is expected to last two hours. Watch live above.More Must-Reads from TIMEHow the Economy is Doing in the Swing StatesHarris Battles For the Bro VoteOur Guide to Voting in the 2024 ElectionMel Robbins Will Make You Do ItWhy Vinegar Is So Good for YouYou Dont Have to Dread the End of Daylight SavingThe 20 Best Halloween TV Episodes of All TimeMeet TIMEs Newest Class of Next Generation LeadersWrite to Zamira Rahim at zamira.rahim@time |
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