Kan -Most “Tinder Swindler” Simon Leviev arrested in Georgia

Local officials were convicted of a specific artist who was the subject of a popular Netflix Netflix documentary film, Tinder Swindler, local officials said.

Israeli Simon Leviev was taken into custody at the request of the Interpol after arriving at Batumi’s airport in the southwest of the country, Georgia’s Interior Ministry said on Monday.

34 -year -old Leviev received fame after the documentary investigator discovered a line of Romance fraud and financial crimes, which have approximately $ 10 million ($ 7.4 million).

He allegedly acted as a wealthy heir to the diamond tycoon on the sensor who was engaged in dating and nourishing women to lend him the large sums of money he had never extinguished. Leviev had previously denied these allegations.

Authorities did not immediately submit details of the cause of Leviev’s arrest, whose real name is Shimon Yegud Hate.

In 2019, Leviev was sentenced to four charges in a separate case and sentenced to 15 months in prison, but he was released after serving only five months.

According to the YNET INET website, his lawyer told Leviev journalists “freely traveled the world”.

“I talked to him this morning after being detained, but we do not understand the reasons yet,” they said after arrest in Georgia.

Between 2017 and 2019, Leviev’s Cats Scheme – Creating False Internet Persons – participated in the drive of women in a romantic relationship with an extravagant lifestyle of private aircraft and luxurious holidays.

His victims shared their stories in a documentary series, saying that Leviev was recorded by glamorous gifts and rest to gain confidence.

They said that Leviev would pretend he was pursued by his “enemies” and asked to transfer his considerable amount of money before repel all the contacts.

Cecili Fjellhøy, one of the women who participated in the Netflix series, said that Leviev had more than $ 270,000 for her relationship.

Last year, another woman Irene Mysne filed a lawsuit against Leviev in Israel for £ 41,000 (91,000 pounds), saying she borrowed more than 144,000 shekels (£ 3,000), which he had never extinguished.

Earlier, Leviev told BBC Newsbeat that he urged the allegations against him in the documentary.

Speaking before the BBC in 2023, Kate Calin, a former girlfriend Leviev, also accused him of emotional and physical violence when they were together.

During the dispute, Ms. Konlin said she pushed her, and she cut her leg on the step with the rough edge.

“I bleed. I felt dead. I wanted to kill myself,” she said.

Going to the hospital, she filed a complaint with Leviev to the police.

Later, Leviev dismissed the allegations and said he had never caused any woman.

Tinder Swindler became the most viewed Netflix documentary in 90 countries when it was released in February 2022.