Promises She Could Not Keep
Her financial partner, the one helping her get the location, made out an email how the loan was important because “her personal assets, which are quite substantial, are located outside the US, some of them in a trust with UBS outside the US.” Anna Delvey told everyone that she had the proper resources to pay the money back. Another thing she promised was that she would not embarrass the firm. In the end, these turned out to be promises she could not keep. Nonetheless, she kept trying to buy the location.
Promises She Could Not Keep
A Little Help From Her Friends
When her finances grew more conspicuous, she launched fundraising and invited even more wealthy guests to her dinners. Another guest she befriended was the infamous “pharma bro” Martin Shkreli, who was heavily criticized for raising the price of an important medication from only $13 to a jaw-dropping $750. Later, he was convicted of securities and now serves prison time. “Anna did seem to be a popular ‘woman about town’ who knew everyone,” he wrote about this mysterious woman. “Even though I was nationally known, I felt like a computer geek next to her.” Anna picked up several tricks from the pharma exec, things that she would then use to extract revenge.
A Little Help From Her Friends