Inside true crime story of the Tinder Swindler - fraud, fake identity and prison time

dailystar.co.uk:

Netflix today.The Tinder Swindler is described as exploring 'the jaw-dropping story of a prolific conman who posed as a billionaire playboy on Tinder, and the women who set out to bring him down.' Three of the victims speak as part of the documentary, describing how they were conned out of hundreds of thousands of pounds, as well as how they worked to bring an end to his fraudulent scam once and for all.As The Tinder Swindler drops on Netflix and viewers sit down to watch the series, Daily Star has taken a closer look at the true crime story.The Tinder Swindler was a conman who defrauded women out of thousands of pounds after meeting them through the online dating app Tinder.His real name is Shimon Hayut, 31, but as part of his fraud scheme, he posed under the name Simon Leviev on Tinder and legally changed his surname to make his story more believable.Shimon lived a jet set lifestyle, travelling in private jets and staying in luxury hotels.However in order to do so, he used the dating app to contact women and defraud them out of money, in order to fund his lavish lifestyle.Shimon would connect with women on Tinder, and later invite them on dates where he would shower them in luxury gifts or take them travelling on a private jet.However, the money that he used to lavish the gifts on the women during these dates, was actually money he had conned out of other victims previously.He would tell the victims on Tinder and during these dates that he was a billionaire CEO, who would regularly travel for work.One such victim was Cecilie Fjellhoy, who shares her story as part of the Netflix documentary The Tinder Swindler.In the documentary, she shares that Shimon took her on a private jet from London to Bulgaria, but after four.