Anna Sorokin travelled in celebrity circles and tossed $100 tips - all the more reason to believe she was the German heiress she said she was. But behind the jet-set lifestyle and pricey threads, prosecutors say, was a fraudster who bilked friends, banks and hotels for a taste of the high life. Richard Drew Anna Sorokin appears in New York State Supreme Court on grand larceny charges. Sorokin kept up the heiress ruse as she went looking for a $US22 million ($NZ32m) loan for the club in November 2016, prosecutors said. She's going to pay," Sorokin said, according to court documents.

Source: Stuff March 27, 2019 14:34 UTC