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Netflix’s The Tinder Swindler, is facing a lawsuit from the real Leviev family which he pretended to be a part of.In court documents obtained by People, Israeli Russian diamond tycoon Lev Leviev and his family have filed a lawsuit against Hayut for allegedly impersonating them and “receiving numerous benefits (including material ones)” for using the family name.The lawsuit, filed in Tel Aviv, claims that Hayut has been “cunningly using false words, claiming to be a member of the Leviev family, and that his family will pay and bear the cost of his benefits”.The court documents allege that Hayut “defrauded, cheated, conned, falsified, and hurt women, men and businesses” all over the globe.“The defendant used the dating application Tinder to locate women who he then emotionally manipulated, cunningly bamboozled of funds, and eventually convinced to transfer large sums of money to him under the guise of being on the run from individuals intending on hurting him,” the lawsuit reads.Guy Ophir, the attorney for the Leviev family, has said this is “only the beginning” of their legal action against Hayut, with more lawsuits in the works.In a statement to Metro.co.uk, a representative for Hayut denied any wrongdoing. “Simon believes the family is just trying to insert themselves in the narrative for publicity after the show’s success.“Simon also legally changed his name in 2015 and looks forward to this getting thrown out in court.”Hayut is estimated to have allegedly stolen $10million (£7.4million) from a number of victims under the alias of Simon Leviev, after gaining their trust with the promise of expensive dates.Since the Netflix series aired, Hayut has been banned from Tinder, Hinge and other dating apps.

Simon Leviev, the subject of Netflix’s new documentary The Tinder Swindler, is being sued.

The Tinder Swindler subject Shimon Hayut has said the women in the Netflix documentary “weren’t conned”.Hayut, who also went by the alias Simon Leviev in the recent film, recently spoke to Inside Edition about the allegations levelled against him by several women who met him on Tinder.The first part of the interview aired yesterday (February 21) with a second part due to be released today (February 22), also featuring Hayut’s girlfriend Kate Konlin.“I’m not this monster,” Hayut said of the claims of The Tinder Swindler. “I was just a single guy that wanted to meet some girls on Tinder.”The Netflix documentary alleges that Hayut convinced women he was the son and heir of diamond mogul Lev Leviev, before reportedly conning them out of millions of dollars.“They weren’t conned and they weren’t threatened,” Hayut said of the women featured in the doc, and said of the claims he was the son of Leviev: “No I am not, and I never presented myself [as such].”He went on to say he didn’t “feel bad” for the women who accused him as the allegatiosn were false, and said he is “a legit businessman” in terms of justifying his current lavish lifestyle.Hayut added: “I want to clear my name, I want to say to the world, this is not true.”Victims Cecilie Fjellhøy, Ayleen Koeleman and Pernilla Sjoholm recently set up a GoFundMe page to raise money to repay their debts after being conned.“You’re probably here because you’ve heard about our story, and we appreciate you taking the time to search and find this page,” they wrote.“The past few days have been a whirlwind, and we three (Ayleen, Pernilla and Cecilie) have been completely shocked and floored by the flood of compassion and support from everyone.

Zack Sharf Three women featured in the Netflix documentary “The Tinder Swindler” have launched a GoFundMe crowdfunding campaign to help them clear their debts. Cecilie Fjellhøy, Pernilla Sjoholm and Ayleen Charlotte were all victims of the eponymous swindler, an Israeli man named Shimon Hayut who allegedly conned women on Tinder out of millions of dollars by catfishing them into believing his name was “Simon Leviev” and that he was the son of Israeli diamond tycoon Lev Leviev. “The Tinder Swindler” started streaming Feb.

After allegedly scamming multiple women on Tinder out of hundreds of thousands of dollars, Shimon Hayut has been permanently banned from the dating app.

The con artist at the heart of Netflix's latest phenomenon, The Tinder Swindler, has vowed to share his side of the story.The documentary follows several women on their mission to track down the man who tricked them into giving him tens of thousands of dollars after meeting him on a dating app. Shimon Hayut, 31, known to his victims as Simon Leviev, is estimated to have stolen $10m (£7.4m) through expensive dates and manipulative ploys. He was arrested and sentenced to 15 months on fraud, theft and forgery charges in December 2019, but only served five months of his sentence, being released on 'good behaviour' in May 2020.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorThe con man investigated in Netflix’s new documentary “The Tinder Swindler” has been banned from the dating app.Shimon Hayut allegedly met women on Tinder before swindling them for millions of dollars after catfishing them into believing his name was “Simon Leviev” and that he was the son of Israeli diamond tycoon Lev Leviev.“We have conducted internal investigations and can confirm Simon Leviev is no longer active on Tinder under any of his known aliases,” Tinder said in a statement to Variety on Friday.When the doc was released on Wednesday on Netflix, it reported that Hayut was still active on Tinder.While Tinder has now banned him, he still has an account on Instagram with more than 200,000 followers. In an Instagram story posted on Friday, Hayut said he was preparing to tell his version of the story.

Manori Ravindran International Editor“The Tinder Swindler,” an eye-opening documentary about a notorious con man who used the dating app to defraud multiple women, could be getting the movie treatment.Variety understands that Netflix is in talks with producers about dramatizing the wild documentary that’s likely to make any Tinder user’s blood run cold. Sources indicate that the conversation is in early stages, and that the tone of a potential film is still being worked out.“The Tinder Swindler” debuted on the streaming service only on Wednesday, and it’s already cracking the platform’s Top 10 lists in the U.S.

Netfix's latest true crime documentary called Tinder Swindler takes a look at the shocking case of con artist Simon Leviev, who tricked women into thinking he was the "prince of diamonds".The Israeli fraudster would pressure women across Europe to take out hundreds of thousands of dollars in credit for him to use, after getting close to them on dating app Tinder.Simon had convinced them he was the son of wealthy Russian diamond tycoon Lev Leviev, and showered them with extravagant gifts.On the surface he seemed like the perfect guy – he would wine and dine them, and splash out on lavish gifts and trips on private jets.But after a while he would convince them that the diamond industry was so dangerous he wasn't able to take out credit cards in his own name, so he would get them to do it for him.In reality he was a convicted conman called Shimon Hayut, who had previously served three years in a Finnish prison for defrauding several women into funding his lifestyle.Simon had been defrauding women for years, and was reported for crimes in Israel, Sweden, Germany, Denmark, Norway and England.He had already been charged with forgery, fraud and theft in 2011 in Israel, but failed to appear in court.He was later convicted of three counts of major fraud in 2015. An additional criminal case was launched against him in 2017, but he failed to appear again.Warrants for his arrest were issued, and Simon was eventually captured in Greece for using a fake passport in 2019.With the help of Interpol and Israeli police he was then extradited to Israel.

The Tinder Swindler is the jaw-dropping story of a prolific conman who posed as a billionaire playboy to scam a string of women.

Netflix’s latest true crime documentary to grip viewers is Tinder Swindler.It tells the story about Simon Leviev, an Israeli conman who seduced and swindled young women, landlords and families out of millions in order to finance his own luxury lifestyle.The documentary follows some of the women who were tricked into believing his lies.Simon, whose real name is Shimon Hayut, would match with women on dating apps such as Tinder, and would form a relationship with them.He would normally convince them he was Simon Leviev, son of Israeli diamond mogul billionaire Lev Leviev.Simon would spoil his dates, take them on luxury private jets and shower them with gifts.But eventually he would start to ask for money.The conman, who called himself the 'prince of diamonds', would convince them to take out credit cards in their name – conning them out of enormous amounts of money.So who were his victims? Norwegian newspaper Verdens Gang (VG) has put together an incredible interactive map, showing the extent of Leviev's crimes.Cecilie Fjellhøy, from Lillestrøm in Norway, matched with Leviev on Tinder, and first met him in the Four Seasons hotel in London on January 14, 2018.For months the 29-year-old graduate student, who was living in London, believed they were a couple, and spoke to him daily.Straight after their first date, Simon asked Cecilie to join him on a business trip to Bulgaria on his private jet.They embarked on a long distance relationship, and Leviev even called Cecilie his future wife.Four weeks after their first date Simon told Cecilie he couldn't visit her in London due to ongoing threats he had been receiving.

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

Tinder Swindler is set to enthral Netflix fans with its chilling true crime story.Directed by Felicity Morris, the series drops on the streaming service on February 2 and follows a group of women who were defrauded by dating app-based swindler Simon Hayut as they team up to hunt him down and recover the millions of dollars he stole from them.In order to con the women, Shimon posed as Simon Leviev, pretending to be the son of billionaire Russian-Israeli diamond mogul Lev Leviev.Referring to himself as the 'prince of diamonds', Shimon went so far as to legally change his surname to Leviev in order to portray Lev's heir.But, who is the real 'king of diamonds' Lev Leviev, and, how did he make his fortune?Lev Leviev is a 65-year-old businessman, philanthropist and investor who was born in Uzbekistan in 1956.He fled Uzbekistan with his family at the age of 15 and moved to Israel, beginning his career as a humble apprentice in a diamond polishing plant which would later give him the skills needed to amass his vast fortune.Whilst in the role, Leviev learned every step of the diamond cutting process.After briefly finding employment as communications directorate of the Israel Defense Forces, he would later use the skills and knowledge base to establish his own diamond polishing plant.