{"id":10611,"date":"2022-02-01T15:32:56","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T14:32:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1576729"},"modified":"2022-02-01T15:56:07","modified_gmt":"2022-02-01T14:56:07","slug":"tinder-swindler-shimon-hayuts-victim-talks-stopping-conman-in-preview","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/tinder-swindler-shimon-hayuts-victim-talks-stopping-conman-in-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Tinder Swindler Shimon Hayut\u2019s victim talks \u2018stopping\u2019 conman in preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Grace Henry\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Tuesday, 01 February 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Netflix is looking into the crimes of conman <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/documentaries\/true-crime\/shimon-hayut-the-tinder-swindler\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Shimon Hayut<\/a> in its new documentary, <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/documentaries\/true-crime\/the-tinder-swindler-netflix-release-date\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">The Tinder Swindler<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Hayut defrauded a number of women out of hundreds of thousands of dollars by posing as a billionaire on the dating app, Tinder.<\/p>\n<p>In an exclusive clip, obtained by <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">RadioTimes.com<\/a>, Cecile Fjellhoy \u2013 who matched with Hayut back in 2018 \u2013 explained how she planned to \u201cstop\u201d Hayut from conning any more people after he previously served time in a Finnish prison three years earlier.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBack in 2015, he had been defrauding three Finnish women,\u201d Fjellhoy says in the clip. \u201cThey don\u2019t give out the names; they are protected. He was saying that he was in the weapons industry to one woman\u2026 that\u2019s insane!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She adds: \u201cHe goes to prison. He becomes even worse. They let out a guy, that has almost been cooking up a new plan. He knew that he would just continue and continue and continue. Who\u2019s going to stop him? I had to stop him!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You can watch the full clip below.<\/p> <div class=\"&quot;embed&quot;\"> <div class=\"&quot;embed__intrinsic&quot;\"> <video data-video-id=\"6294761715001\" data-account=\"69912529001\" data-player=\"ByeOf0VZEl\" data-embed=\"&quot;default&quot;\" data-application-id=\"\" class=\"&quot;video-js&quot;\" controls=\"\"\/><script src=\"&quot;\/\/players.brightcove.net\/69912529001\/ByeOf0VZEl_default\/index.min.js&quot;\"\/><\/div> <\/div> <p>Hayut posed as a man named Simon Leviev on Tinder, and referred to himself as \u2018the prince of diamonds\u2019, claiming to be the son of billionaire Russian-Israeli diamond mogul, Lev Leviev.<\/p>\n<p>In order to fund his lavish lifestyle of private jets, luxury hotels and fast cars, Hayut conned a number of women out of money, including Fjellhoy, who found herself in over $200,000 debt, after taking out a huge line of credit for him, as he claimed he needed to avoid a paper trail being left in his name.<\/p> <p>In the new documentary, which arrives on Netflix on Wednesday 2nd February, three of Simon\u2019s victims, Fjellhoy, Pernilla Sjoholm and Ayleen Charlotte \u2013 come together to tell their stories.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCecilie discovers his other targets and once they band together, they\u2019re victims no more: The Tinder Swindler meets his match,\u201d Netflix previously teased.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Tinder Swindler arrives on Netflix on Wednesday 2nd February. <\/strong><strong>Read our guide to the\u00a0<a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/what-to-watch-tv\/best-tv-shows-netflix\/&quot;\">best series on Netflix<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;editor-content\" mb-lg=\"\" hidden-print=\"\" js-piano-locked-content=\"\">\n<p><strong>For something else, visit our\u00a0<a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot;\">TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0our check out dedicated\u00a0<a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/documentaries\/&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot;\">Documentaries<\/a>\u00a0hub.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Grace Henry Published: Tuesday, 01 February 2022 at 12:00 am Netflix is looking into the crimes of conman Shimon Hayut in its new documentary, The Tinder Swindler. Hayut defrauded a number of women out of hundreds of thousands of dollars by posing as a billionaire on the dating app, Tinder. 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