Anna Delvey has been making headlines across the world since her initial arrest and trial, but her true rise to fame happened while incarcerated at Rikers Island. And when people learned about her story, the scams she had been running, and the damage that she had caused, the fascination only grew. Anna Delvey managed to get away with hundreds of thousands of dollars of scams and thefts, largely unnoticed for a long time, only because people thought that she was an heiress, set to receive an unfathomably large trust fund. Part One of her story dives into her background, her scams, her incredible ambitions, and who Anna Delvey really is.