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Who is Tinder Swindler Simon Leviev? Fraudster who duped women to fund lavish lifestyle
Tinder Swindler, the latest Netflix documentary to grip viewers.It tells the mind-blowing story of women who were all conned by a man posing as a billionaire playboy, who they met through dating app Tinder.He allegedly scammed women around the world out of hundreds of thousands of dollars, posing as Simon Leviev, son of billionaire diamond mine owner Lev Leviev.The Israeli fraudster's real name is Shimon Hayut, and he would also call himself the "prince of diamonds".He would impress girls with his excessive lifestyle, complete with private jets, bodyguards and a team of personal assistants – which they were actually funding.So who is Shimon, and what exactly did he do? Here we explain all.Simon Leviev, real name Shimon Hayut, is originally from Bnei Brak, outside Tel Aviv in Israel.He was born on September 27 1990, and at the age of 15 he moved to the US.He changed his name to Simon Leviev in 2017, according to Israeli police, but has also used the names Mordechai Nisim Tapiro, Avraham Levy and Michael Biton.According to an investigative report by Norway's Verdens Gang newspaper, he would con women in Norway, Finland and Sweden out of hundreds of thousands of dollars.Despite living an incredibly lavish lifestyle, Shimon lied to the girls, telling them that he was in danger due to the threat the diamond industry posed.He asked his girlfriends, who were unaware of each other, to take out credit cards for him to "avoid leaving a paper trail in his name".But Shimon not only lied about his name, he also lied about his job and financial situation.Shimon was already wanted in Israel, and had spent two years in a prison in Finland for conning three women in 2015.In January 2018 he legally changed his name to Simon Leviev, posing
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