TINDER was first introduced in 2012 as an online dating and geosocial networking app, known for its “swipe right” and “swipe left” features.
Now, the dating app is the subject of a new Netflix documentary called, The Tinder Swindler. Shimon Hayut has finally responded to claims made in the documentary about him.
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What is The Tinder Swindler?
The Tinder Swindler is Netflix’s newest film about a dating app scam.
In the film, viewers will see a man posing as a “wealthy, jet-setting diamond mogul,” in order to con women out of millions of dollars.
After finding out about the scam, the group of women attempts to hunt down the swindler and get their money back.
The film will debut exclusively on Netflix on February 2, 2022.
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Is The Tinder Swindler a true story?
The Tinder Swindler is a Netflix true-crime documentary and is based on the real-life story of Cecilie Fjellhoy, Pernilla Sjoholm, and Ayleen Charlotte, all of whom were conned by Shimon Hayut.
The documentary features all three of Hayut’s victims as they tell their stories of how a dating app made them lose fortunes.
Fjellhoy, had reportedly lost over $200,000 as a result of the scam while Sjoholm was swindled out of $45,000 in hopes Hayut would pay her back.
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Who is Shimon Hayut?
Hayut, 31, is known as an Israeli conman who has scammed multiple women out of money over the years.
Hayut, who used the alias Simon Leviev, pretended to be a billionaire playboy as well as the son of Russian-Israeli diamond mogul, Lev Leviev.
He often called himself “the prince of diamonds.”
The conman had previously spent two years in jail for defrauding three other women in 2015 but started his scam again soon after his release in 2017.
He was able to con women by reportedly sending pictures of himself in Ferraris and wearing other designer luxuries.
Hayut was then arrested again in 2019 and sentenced to 15 months in prison ordered to pay $43,289 in compensation but was released again after only serving five months, according to Radio Times.
What did Shimon Hayut say about the Tinder Swindler documentary?
In an exclusive interview with Inside Edition, Shimon Hayut, also known as Simon Leviec, emphatically stated that he was not the monster the documentary is portraying him to be.
Expressing his opinions, he stated: “I’m not this monster. I was just a single guy that wanted to meet some girls on Tinder.”
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