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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Fake heiress Anna Sorokin makes new bid to fight deportation

Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

Anna Sorokin, the convicted swindler who claimed to be a German heiress to finance a posh lifestyle in New York, is making a new bid to fight deportation, a lawyer said Tuesday.

Sorokin, whose scheme inspired the recent Netflix series “Inventing Anna,” was taken into U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement custody nearly a year ago. She remained jailed in New York's Hudson Valley on Tuesday, attorney Manny Arora said.

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