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The Tinder Swindler – a male Anna Sorokin?

May 24, 2022 By Karl Leave a Comment

 

This website is about justice and equity,  and so today it’s about the Tinder Swindler. It’s only fair that I give equal time to a male who’s similar to fraudster Anna Sorokin whom I’ve blogged about here and elsewhere.

I have less info about the the Tinder Swindler —Netflix’s name for him— than I did about Sorokin, so I promise to add second blog soon about another male who preys financially on women, the Casanova Scammer.

And in order not to discriminate visually as well, I’ll post a number of photos of these males (and a video below) since I’ve posted so many images of Sorokin in my recent blogs.

The Tinder Swindler.

According to Netflix’ documentary, “The Tinder Swindler,” a man calling himself Simon Leviev managed to convince various Tinder dates to fork over money for flights on private jets and for loans via international bank transfers.

He always promised to pay his “marks” back. When things got tense with women, he often bullied them.But if they did get paid back, it was with sketchy checks which would bounce or fake designer watches that were almost worthless.

Leviev was finally caught, though for unrelated crimes, and was thrown in jail for 15 months.However, because of good behavior, he was freed after just 5 months.

The fraudster’s victims who have spoken publicly include:

  • Cecilie Fjellhøy
  • Pernilla Sjöholm
  • Ayleen Charlotte

We’ll see how Leviev bullied some of them here and in the video below. 

The Tinder Swindler victims

Victims of the Tinder Swindler

 

 

 

 

 

Who is Simon Leviev?

According to  an article in Ladbible.com, this is what we know about the Tinder Swindler:
  • Simon Leviev is the false identity of Shimon Hayut, born in Bnei Brak, Israel.
  • Hayut duped women into thinking he was the jet setter son of well-off Israeli businessman Lev Leviev, the “King of Diamonds,”    despite having no connection to the Leviev family at all.
  • Via the dating app, Hayut scammed victims across Europe living a posh upscale lifestyle from money he’d stolen from women.
  • Authorities in Israel, Sweden, England, Germany, Denmark and Norway soon began looking for Hayut, but not for theft.
  • It was a fake passport which had him extradited to Israel in July 2019, and he was finally convicted of theft, fraud and forgery.

Where is Simon Leviev now?

Authorities in Finland and Israel found Simon Leviev, or rather Shimon Hayut, guilty of several counts of theft, fraud and forgery, and sentenced him to 15 months in prison.

He was later freed after just five months on good behavior, and is now a 31-year-old free man in Israel.

He still tries to live the luxe-life, selling memorabilia and business tips while continuing to pursue his passion for fancy cars and trips on private jets.

Some of these words and pictures about Leviev were shared in an article by Neha Tandon Sharma focusing on the height of his pre-prison fraudulent life. Leviev posted many of these photos on Instagram.

“Interestingly, [the real] Lev Leviev is an accomplished businessman, philanthropist, and investor, who has earned the title ‘King of Diamonds.’ The clever swindler posing as his son dubbed himself the  ‘Prince of Diamonds’! His action plan always involves swooning ladies with grand romantic gestures like dates in chauffeur-driven cars and trips on private jets.

Of course, none of the money is his, but his other [passionate  interest, his victims.are.] His Instagram account is still active, and included below is a gallery that showcases his lavish lifestyle and talks about his gutsy vocation…”

“The man has a penchant for all things luxe –from private jets, luxury cars, to yachts! His blind-in-love, affluent lovers became the scammer’s princesses with shining bank accounts and sent him their savings or took out huge credit card loans. His modus operandi was feigning he was in grave danger, or his enemies had frozen his bank accounts.

Seen clad in designer wear and perched comfortably in a private jet, Simon Leviev is said to have tricked nearly $10 million from a long line of women.

 @simon_leviev_official,Instagram/@pernillaelisabeths . 

One would imagine a man of such crimes troubled, but this smoothie has spirit. Not only has he been posting since out from his jail sentence in Israel, but the man has also already found a new girlfriend. Israeli model called Polina is dating the criminal despite him being wanted across Europe for a string of frauds, according to one source.”

In the above photograph on his Instagram account, Leviev captioned it, ‘Always thinking and planning.’

“Clearly, he has a lot of women, lies, and [the law] to manage! One victim, Cecilie Fjellhøy, said she ended up in a psychiatric ward after he conned her out of nearly $252,000 in a matter of weeks. She said she thought about crashing her car into a [truck], saying: ‘I felt like my life was over, and I didn’t want to go on.’”

A financial bully.

Ms.Fjellhoy  confessed in the Netflix documentary that just 3 months after their first date, she felt pressured. She was ‘suffocating’ under crippling debt that Leviev had run up, spending on hotels, fine dining, and first-class travel.

See the Tinder Swindler in action.

Here’s the Netflix trailer –

Your thoughts about the Tinder Swindler?

I’d like to hear from you:

  • Is Leviev a smoother operator than Sorokin (he’s done but a few months time so far, but she’s done years and paid hefty fines)?
  • Are fake profiles just as problematic on eHarmony, Match, Bumble, etc?
  • What questions do you have about this bullying con man?
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