If you’ve turned on a television or opened a newspaper lately, you were likely inundated with a multitude of true stories of scammers, grifters, and con men and women. Today we’re focusing on two big ones. The first is Anna Sorokin, AKA Anna Delvey, the Russian-born German scammer who convinced major players in the art and finance world of Manhattan that, not only was she was a wealthy socialite, but that they should loan her hundreds and thousands of dollars to open a “foundation” in her name. Next, we’ll talk about Elizabeth Holmes, the recently convicted felon and disgraced founder of the defunct medical device company Theranos, who defrauded high-profile investors to the tune of $121 million dollars.

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Links https://www.thecut.com/article/how-anna-delvey-tricked-new-york.html https://www.nytimes.com/news-event/elizabeth-holmes-theranos-trial https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/01/can-you-spot-a-liar/423588/ https://www.damemagazine.com/2022/03/31/we-sure-do-love-our-white-lady-grifter-stories/