Fake Name, Real Fraud: The Story Behind the Fake Heiress Anna Delvey

Anna Delvey has a lot of courage – you have to give her that. For an entire year she pretended to be a wealthy heiress and got away with it. She lived a prestigious lifestyle including living in New York’s finest hotels, going on extravagant vacations to exotic locations, socializing with New York’s elite and living a life she could only dream of as part of New York social scene.

But no dream can last forever. After carefully and confidently fooling everyone around her to believe she’s a wealthy socialite, her plan began to unravel. Now she’s in prison, facing deportation. Who is the real Anna Delvey and how did she manage to fool the entire city of New York?