Convicted fraudster Anna Sorokin says she now sells NFTs

Anna Sorokin, known for taking hundreds of thousands of dollars from friends and businesses while posing as a German heir, said she is trying to move away from the “scammer” and plans to launch a collection of NFTs.

The infamous socialist marked 10 NFTs that will give proprietors “exclusive access” to her, which includes benefits such as one-on-one phone calls, she told NBC News’ Savannah Sellers in a recent interview.

Three “ultra platinum” NFTs provide the opportunity to meet Sorokin in person, and holders will receive a pack of “personal items” from Sorokin.

“I’m trying to move away from this type, quote unquote scammer persona,” said Sorokin, who is still in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody, from the Orange County Correctional Facility in New York State.

“This has, as a whole, been pressured on me by the prosecution and by the following media and by the Netflix show, but I’m definitely trying to get away from it.”

Sorokin, also known by her alias Anna Delvey, was sentenced to about four years in prison after she was found guilty of fraud and attempted fraud to defraud banks and hotels for hundreds of thousands of dollars. She wrongly claimed to be a German heir with a $ 60 million inheritance, and said she raised money to start an exclusive social club in Manhattan.

Her rise in the social scene in Manhattan, as well as the arrest and subsequent trial, was portrayed in the Netflix series “Inventing Anna”.

Sorokin’s NFT collection, “Reinventing Anna,” is a play on the Netflix series.

“It’s kind of one of the first steps I take to start telling my own story,” Sorokin said.

Sorokin added that “the blockchain will be very useful for the artist” to “regain ownership and profit from future sales.”

“Especially in photography, you know, like how someone takes a picture. And they’re really so hard to track it, track the way it’s used,” she said. “So I guess there are a lot of ways to abuse it. But with the right regulation, I can see this technology being used in great ways. And I think we’re thinking of doing an NFC with my art … for the future.”

Asked what she finds inspiring about her own story, Sorokin said she “never gave up” and that “there is always a way to turn something bad into something good.”

“So I guess that’s something people can relate to,” she said. “And there is obviously a line that will be drawn to which methods you should resort to while trying to achieve what you want.”

When asked if she crossed the line, Sorokin replied, “Well, the government is definitely thinking that way.”

“It was definitely unethical,” she said when asked about the banks she was trying to defraud. “And I would not … I would not encourage anyone else to follow in my footsteps.” Sorokin hopes that her future projects, such as her NFT collection, will give her a chance to focus her energy on “something legal.”