US jury weighs fate of woman who passed herself off as heiress

Sorokin, who went by the name Anna Delvey during the time she allegedly spent arranging the fraud scheme, was held without bail throughout her trial. In court, former friends took the stand to lament having ever gotten pulled into her orbit, according to media reports.

But Sorokin's attorney Todd Spodek compared her to Frank Sinatra, saying:"In a city that favors money and the appearance of money... they both created their own opportunities."Through clever lies and incredible self-confidence, Sorokin received tens of thousands of dollars in loans from several banks, traveled free on private planes and spent months in luxury Manhattan hotels without paying the bill, according to prosecutors.

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