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Jun 2022
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01 - Anna Delvey, a life on credit - Leg...

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It is often said that money attracts money. The young Anna Delvey is certainly convinced of this. A German-Russian heiress and a successful woman in the fashion industry, the young woman is making a name for herself in New York's upper crust. There's nothing easier to win over the city's rich than to look as rich as they are. The problem is that it's all a facade: her real name is Anna Sorokin, the young woman has absolutely no money to speak of, and her lifestyle is based solely on the credulity of her social circle...

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