Chapman moved to London in 2000 / 1, working on Netjes, Barclays Bank and apparently a few other companies for short periods. After Anna was arrested in New York, Alex committed media publisher Max Clifford, and sold her story to The Daily Telegraph. She took up residence at 20 Exchange Place, one block from Wall Street in Manhattan's financial district.
Anna is reported to have been together Michel Bittan, a prominent New York restaurant owner. She later described his time in America by Charles Dickens quote, "it was the best of times, it was the worst of times". After her deportation to Russia, echoed Baum said his client had wanted to live in America, and he also said that she was "particularly disturbed" by withdrawing her British citizenship and expulsion from the country.
