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Posted: 2019-04-26T03:03:06Z | Updated: 2019-04-30T20:26:06Z

A woman who posed as a fake German heiress to scam hotels, restaurants and a Vanity Fair employee out of tens of thousands of dollars while living lavishly in New York City was found guilty on Thursday.

A jury in Manhattan found Anna Sorokin, who was known in New York social circles as Anna Delvey, then later as The Soho Grifter, guilty on eight counts, including four counts of theft of services and second-degree grand larceny, the New York Post and New York Times reported.

She was acquitted on one count of first-degree grand larceny in which shed been accused of trying to obtain a $22 million loan to develop a nightclub.

Sorokin faces five to 15 years in prison for the charge of second-degree grand larceny, according to The Associated Press.

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