Tinder Swindler Simon Leviev Being Sued for Millions of Dollars by the Real Diamond Family He Pretended to Belong

The Tinder Swindler, made popular by Netflix's true-crime documentary, is currently facing a lawsuit by the real Leviev diamond family he pretended to belong by claiming the name Simon Leviev.

Israeli Russian diamond tycoon Lev Leviev and his family filed a lawsuit against the Tinder Swindler, with the real name Shimon Hayut, for allegedly impersonating them and unjustly enriching himself using their family name, according to a People report.

The lawsuit was filed in Tel Aviv, Israel. It stated that Hayut has been making false claims of being part of the Leviev family, which gained him benefits, including material ones.

Guy Ophir, the Leviev family's attorney, said in a statement that the lawsuit was "only the beginning" of several lawsuits.

The attorney added that they will file a monetary suit against Hayut and any other affiliate that will work with, such as some websites that have joint ventures with him and/or offered to buy cameos from him.

Ophir said that anyone that will "try to capitalize from this scheme will be sued," according to an NBC News report.

Chagit Leviev, the daughter of Lev Leviev, also spoke of the lawsuit that their family filed against Hayut.

Chagit noted that Hayut stole their family's identity and has tried to exploit their "good name" to con victims.

She then went on to say that Hayut has no relation to the Leviev family and has no affiliation with their company, LLD Diamonds.

Tinder Swindler Coming Into Light With Netflix Documentary

Netflix released a true-crime documentary shedding light on Hayut, who is a convicted fraudster born in Israel.

Hayut used dating apps to meet multiple women, established lines of credit and loans using their names, and left them holding the bill payments, according to Netflix.

He was already convicted in Finland under his real name. However, he carried out his Tinder scheme under the name of Simon Leviev and claimed to be part of the wealthy diamond family.

Hayut then supposedly took the name David Sharon to evade the authorities once his name and his con act were exposed.

It was reported that he stole around $10 million and would evade repayment by threatening or stalling his victims.

Hayut was released from prison after only five months, and Tinder has confirmed that he has no known active profiles or aliases on its services.

Aside from Tinder, Hayut was also banned from Hinge after Netflix released the "The Tinder Swindler" true-crime documentary.

Match Group Inc., Plenty of Fish, and OkCupid also banned Hayut from their dating sites and apps.

Hayut sent a voice message to the filmmakers, which was included in the film.

The fraudster said in a voice message that he will proceed with the lawsuit over grounds of defamation and lies and that "everything is based, basically, on a lie."

Hayut since then lived as a free man after his release and regularly posted on his Instagram account, which has more than 100,000 followers.

As of early February, his Instagram account has been deleted.

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Written by: Mary Webber

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