US Edition'Tinder Swindler' Simon Leviev Freed After Two Months in Prison
Simon Leviev was freed without conditions after Germany dropped extradition citing lack of evidence; Netflix estimates his scam defrauded victims of $10 million.
- On Nov 14, Mariam Kublashvili told journalists that Simon Leviev was released in Georgia after Germany withdrew its extradition request.
- Following an allegation in Berlin, German prosecutors opened a case after a woman in Berlin claimed he defrauded her of 50,000 following a Tinder meeting, prompting investigation abroad.
- Arrested on Sept 15 at Batumi airport, Simon Leviev was held in a Kutaisi penitentiary pending extradition to Germany.
- The German case was fully closed and Mariam Kublashvili said he was not required to post bail, sign undertakings or accept travel restrictions despite facing up to 10 years in prison.
- Using fake luxury trappings, Netflix and reporting say his scheme between 2017 and 2019 involved Tinder to allegedly defraud victims in Norway, Finland and Sweden of US$10 million.
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An Israeli citizen Simon Leviev (the true name of Shimon Haut), known as "the Tinder aferist", was released from prison in Kutaisi after two months in prison, and was informed by his lawyer, Mariam Kublashvili, of the publication "Echo Caucasus" on 14 November.
Simon Leviev, arrested two months ago in Georgia, was released this Friday. He is accused of scams on dating apps and was made famous by the documentary Netflix "Tinder's scammer". - Georgia: "Tinder's scammer", made famous by Netflix, released (International).
He pretended to be the heir of a rich diamond dealer and cheated on women for millions of euros. Most recently, "Tinder-Schwindler" Shimon Yehuda Hayut was imprisoned in Georgia. Now he is apparently free.
Simeon Leviev, an Israeli known as the Tinder Estrok, is free after spending two months in detention in Georgia, announced his lawyer's Friday AFP report, according to News.ro.
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Accused of seducing women to extort money from them, Shimon Yehuda Hayut was released following the abandonment of the proceedings by Germany.
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