'Fake heiress' Anna Sorokin is being released from ICE custody after more than a year and a half behind bars

• Anna Sorokin, aka "fake heiress" Anna Delvey, was detained by ICE in 2021 for overstaying her visa.
• An ICE spokesperson told Insider Sorokin was to be released on Friday evening.

Anna Sorokin, a German national known for running an elaborate scheme in which she pretended to be a wealthy heiress, is being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody on Friday evening, an agency spokesperson said.

Sorokin has been in ICE custody since March 25, 2021. An immigration judge said Sorokin, who had overstayed her visa, would remain detained until she was deported.

In a statement provided to Insider on Friday, an ICE spokesperson said: "On Tuesday an immigration judge with Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) issued an order granting Anna Sorokin conditionally released from ICE custody upon posting of a bond and agreeing to the terms of her conditional release."

It's unclear what the terms of her conditional release were and additional information was not immediately available.

Before her detention by ICE, Sorokin was convicted in 2019 of an elaborate scheme in which she scammed members of New York City's elite by pretending to be a wealthy German heiress named Anna Delvey between 2013 and 2017.

Sorokin was convicted of grand larceny, among other charges. She served about two years in prison before her release in February 2021 and was detained by ICE about six weeks later.

Sorokin's exploits, made famous by a New York Magazine piece in 2018, were depicted this year in a Netflix series called "Inventing Anna." In February, Sorokin penned an essay for Insider from ICE detention about what her experience was like behind bars and her thoughts on the series.