Inventing Anna 2.0? Meet Anna de Rothschild, the fake billionaire heiress, real name Inna Yashchyshyn, who allegedly conned Donald Trump, bonded with Kimberly Guilfoyle and is being probed by the FBI
- In August, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and OCCRP exposed ‘Anna de Rothschild’, an alleged fake billionaire heiress who turned out to be Ukrainian-born Inna Yashchyshyn
- She arrived at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate looking like a rich kid, with her Rolex watch and new Mercedes-Benz, and hung with Kimberly Guilfoyle and Senator Lindsey Graham
In late August, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and OCCRP (Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project) released a story exposing Inna Yashchyshyn, alias Anna de Rothschild, a fake heiress who posed as a member of the notorious Rothschild banking family and infiltrated Donald Trump’s Florida home, Mar-a-Lago.
The news raised security concerns as Mar-a-Lago is the same place that was raided by federal agents last month for the former president’s unauthorised holdings of “top secret” classified documents.
Besides mingling with Trump and other Republican politicians, Yashchyshyn is also linked to a fraudulent charity, has multiple fake passports and has even been accused of being a Russian spy. In an unexpected move, she’s since come forward to speak to the New York Post, accusing her boyfriend of causing the whole scandal.
So, who exactly is this 33-year-old Ukrainian-born alleged scammer?
Fake identities
Yashchyshyn has two fake passports, one from the US and one from Canada, with different listed birthplaces, as well as a Florida driving licence that shows the address of a multimillion-dollar Miami mansion she doesn’t even live in, per the Post-Gazette. She also owns a Ukrainian and a Russian passport with different names.
Media has confirmed that her real name is Inna Yashchyshyn, she’s 33, and was born in Ukraine to an Illinois truck driver.