Shimon Hayut took on the fake identity of Simon Leviev, the son of wealthy diamond manufacturer Lev Leviev (pictured above), who has $1 billion in Moscow real estate, a personal relationship with Vladimir Putin, and the nickname the “king of diamonds.” In Israel, Hayut was first charged with fraud in 2011, but he managed to escape to Finland. His schemes and the events that followed after his arrival in Finland became the plot for Netflix’s documentary “The Tinder Swindler.” He met various women on Tinder and convinced them that he was a Leviev heir. After establishing romantic relationships with them, he would then tell them that he was in danger and needed money that could not be traced back to him.
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According to LADbible, once the women sent the money, they never saw any of it again, despite Leviev’s promises to repay them. The documentary includes the attempts of his victims to recover the money that he took from them. Ayleen Charlotte was one of the women who fell victim to Leviev’s stories.
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