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Cormac O'Shea & Kyle O'Sullivan

The Tinder Swindler's remarkable response to Netflix series as 'Simon Leviev' lives life of luxury again

The Tinder Swindler threatened to sue Netflix and shouted at the producer's of the show in a voice note in his only response to the current series.

The angry message can be heard at the very end of the Netflix series that is taking the world by storm.

Simon Leviev, who called himself the 'Prince of Diamonds', seemed like the perfect man on the surface.

After meeting on dating apps, Leviev would lavish the women he was seeing with exotic trips on private jets, expensive gifts and posh dinners at the fanciest restaurants.

However, it was all a massive sham and not the fairytale romance that had been portrayed by the conman.

Known as the Tinder Swindler, his real name was actually Shimon Hayut, a 31-year-old Israeli fraudster who funded his lavish lifestyle of fast cars and luxury hotels.

Hayut was eventually tracked down with a joint operation between the Israeli Police and Interpol.

Via text message in May 2019, Shimon Hayut told ABC's Nightline that he was innocent and the accusations against him were merely about "a loan between friends that went south".

"They used me for my life, they got expensive gifts and everything, in other words gold diggers," he added.

"When I ask help they agreed to help and they know that I have some problems. I didn’t run from no one, it's all fake news and lies."

A recent documentary spotlights Tinder fraudster Shimon Hayut (simon_leviev_official/Instagram)

Hayut was sentenced to 15 months in prison and ordered to pay $43,289 in compensation in December 2019.

However, he was released after serving five months behind bars.

Simon Leviev aka Tinder Swindler in Netflix documentary aboard a private jet (instagram.com/simon_leviev_official)

It is believed this was due to a programme aimed at reducing the prison population amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Hayut has launched his own website where ironically he offers business advice for free, stating that he "made it all on his own" and became a "wealthy businessman."

There had been rumours that Hayut had been back on Tinder since being released from prison, but a Tinder spokesperson confirmed: "We have conducted internal investigations and can confirm Simon Leviev is no longer active on Tinder under any of his known aliases."

Now he seems to have settled down now as he is currently sating an Israeli model.

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