Arrested "Tinder scammer" who deceived girls by posing as a billionaire's son

In Georgia, Israeli fraudster Simon Leviev (real name - Shimon Hayut), the main character of the sensational Netflix documentary "The Tinder Swindler," has been detained.

34-year-old Leviev was detained in the morning upon arrival at Batumi airport. According to local TV company "Rustavi-2," he was wanted by Interpol. The reasons for the detention, as well as the country that issued the wanted notice for the fraudster, are still unknown. According to the Israeli publication The Jerusalem Post, Leviev "moved freely around the world," and even his lawyers don't know the reasons for his arrest.

Recall that a few years ago, after the release of the documentary "The Tinder Swindler" on Netflix, the whole world learned about Simon Leviev. The man met women on the popular dating app Tinder and posed as the son of Russian-Israeli billionaire Lev Leviev (the tycoon's family filed a lawsuit against the fraudster three years ago for reputational damage). Simon portrayed a luxurious lifestyle on social media, gaining the trust of his victims. Afterward, he would borrow large sums of money from them and disappear.