CNN's John Defterios spoke to Anna Sorokin and Cecilia Lestrem about their experiences. He says they were not branded as gold diggers or gullible by the public. They wanted to expose him so he wouldn't hurt other people, defterios said. "We don't see a large plan for the future there. It's about getting the luxury then and there"
Anna Delvey and Simon Leviev, now infamously known as The Fake Heiress and The Tinder Swindler, are two characters who have infiltrated pop culture and gripped Netflix viewers over recent months. Their joint claim to fame? They're both notorious con artists. So why are viewers and listeners so drawn to these stories of true crime? Writer and author Rachel Williams and journalist Erlend Ofte Arntsen were closely involved in the real-life stories that shaped Netflix's The Tinder Swindler and Inventing Anna. They join journalist and broadcaster Manveen Rana to help provide some answers.
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