She's confined to her apartment except for weekly visits to her parole officer and is prohibited from using social media. Sorokin said she believes she belongs in New York and will hold out under house arrest for “as long as it takes,” while she appeals a deportation order to Germany where she was raised. “I feel like, New York, if you have to be in house arrest anywhere, I think New York is like one of the better places for that,” Sorokin said. “There is no real reason for me to be on house arrest because I'm not a threat to public safety.”“I don’t understand how me being on house arrest would prevent me from defrauding people,” Sorokin said, adding she had no plans to do so. “We cannot forget that persons convicted of serious crimes, like Anna, place the United States in jeopardy,” Wildes told CNN.

Source: CNN June 23, 2023 18:15 UTC