![]() ![]() It's another story about a charismatic New York City woman whose glamorous life involved fraud (though Melngailis is a more sympathetic figure than Anna Delvey Anthony Strangis is the real villain of Bad Vegan). It follows Sarma Melngailis, a prominent vegan chef in New York City who ended up getting involved with an abusive con artist named "Shane Fox" (real name Anthony Strangis), which led to a downward spiral of theft, fraud, and lamming it that reached an ironic climax when Melngailis and Strangis got caught because Strangis ordered a Domino's pizza to their hotel. ![]() Fugitives. is one of Netflix's best true crime shows in a while. Inventing Anna follows a reporter named Vivian Kent ( Anna Chlumsky) - a fictionalized rendering of journalist Jessica Pressler, who wrote the viral New York Magazine article on which Inventing Anna is based - as she tries to unravel a mystery that keeps her up at night: How did Anna Delvey, a young Russian-born German citizen legally named Anna Sorokin, convince members of New York City's high society that she was a German heiress worth investing in? To find out, she interviews Delvey ( Julia Garner) in jail, as well as Delvey's friends/victims, and they all tell their side of the story about how Anna made them believe in her, in spite of her vague backstory, shady behavior, and general lack of social graces. ![]() It introduced people all over the world to the fascinating story of Anna Delvey, a grifter who made supposedly savvy New Yorkers believe she had tens of millions of dollars in the bank simply because she acted like she did - and people greedily thought they could make money off of her. It's the most popular limited series Netflix has ever released. While Hulu's The Dropout seems to be the one people liked the best, Inventing Anna is the most-watched. The based-on-a-true-crime drama Inventing Anna kicked off this spring's tidal wave of based-on-a-true-scam stories. She was found guilty of eight counts and acquitted on two - including the most severe one, attempted grand larceny of over $1 million from City National Bank.Julia Garner, Inventing Anna David Giesbrecht/Netflix Sorokin was ultimately arrested in 2017 on grand-larceny charges and sat trial in 2019. She had planned to obtain funds from banks to develop the Anna Delvey Foundation, a mixed-arts and restaurant space that, if successful, would enable her to pay them all back. Sorokin first came into the national spotlight in spring 2018 after a New York magazine story by Jessica Pressler about her exploits using her fake identity to run in wealthy Manhattan circles and jump between Soho hotels to maintain a high-flying lifestyle. In addition to the roughly $223,000 she's paid in restitution and fines, Sorokin has also paid $75,000 in attorney fees and will owe more once legal proceedings in her case have concluded, leaving her little money left from the Netflix payout. She had already paid the $100,000 she owed to City National Bank, The Wall Street Journal first reported. It often indicates a user profile.Īhead of Platkin's order, Sorokin formally agreed to pay the $70,000 in restitution she still owed to Citibank, court records reviewed by Insider showed. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. ![]()
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