A Little Help From Her Friends
Now that people were growing more suspicious of her and her finances, Anna Delvey created a fundraising event and invited wealthy guests once again. She made friends with another infamous personality: “pharma bro” Martin Shkreli. If you have not heard of him, he received heavy criticism for exponentially increasing the price of some medicine from $13 to $750. He was convicted on securities charges and currently serves his sentence. This was what he had to say about the aforementioned mystery woman: “Anna did seem to be a popular ‘woman about town’ who knew everyone. Even though I was nationally known, I felt like a computer geek next to her.” Interestingly, Anna learned some lessons from her new pharma exec friend…
The Beginning Of The End
If you were curious, we will let you know that she was actually serious about the foundation. Neff said this about the conversations she overheard at the hotel: “She was always on the phone with lawyers,” Neff said about the conversations she would hear at the boutique hotel.” She also said, “They were always toning her down. Like, ‘Anna, you’re trying to make something that’s worth this much be worth that much, and that’s just not how it works.’”