Hayut, a convicted fraudster who was focus of a Netflix documentary, was detained on as-yet unknown grounds
A convicted con artist who was the focus of the Netflix documentary The Tinder Swindler has been arrested in Georgia on Interpol’s request, officials have said.
Shimon Yehuda Hayut, also known as Simon Leviev, was taken into custody on Sunday as he arrived at Batumi international airport in the south-west of the country.
Between 2017 and 2019, Hayut, 34, allegedly used the dating app Tinder to pose as the son of the billionaire diamond mogul Lev Leviev to fleece women of an estimated £7.4m.
The 2022 Netflix documentary claimed that he had created a false online persona to lure victims into emotional and financial entanglements. He sought to match with women on Tinder before taking them out on a glamorous first date, using elaborate and expensive props including bodyguards and private jets, it was claimed.
