Deception, scams, and cases of false identity – these are common risks in online dating that Shimon Hayut said he can prevent with his soon-to-be released dating app, Safe Love.He knows how fraudsters commit those deceptions.He was one of them.Hayut, also known as Simon Leviev, gained prominence as the "Tinder Swindler" because of his romance fraud schemes.
The 36-year-old made a lavish income extorting money from women he met online.VICTIMS OF NETFLIX DOC'S ALLEGED ‘TINDER SWINDLER’ HAVE UNITED FOR THIS REASON: ‘A BIG F--- YOU TO HIM'Shimon Hayut gained prominence as the "Tinder Swindler" because of his romance fraud schemes.(Shimon Hayut)In 2015 and 2019, he was convicted of fraud, theft and forgery charges in Israel and Finland, he confirmed to Fox News Digital in a videoconference interview.He served time in Finland from September 2015 until March 2017, he said.
He was arrested in Israel in 2011 and 2017 for the same case.And in June 2019, he was extradited from Greece to Israel where he was jailed until May 2020, he said.INFLUENCER ACCUSED OF TARGETING WEALTHY DATING APP MATCHES BACK BEHIND BARSIn Finland, Hayut was sentenced in 2015 to two years behind bars after authorities said he defrauded three women, according to the Times of Israel.He was convicted in 2019 of four charges of fraud and sentenced to 15 months in prison, but was released after five months, BBC reported.Hayut now plans to use his expertise to reduce the risks involved in finding potential partner matches online, he said.He compares himself to famed fraudster Frank Abagnale Jr., convicted con man immortalized in the 2002 Steven Spielberg movie "Catch Me If You Can." Abagnale committed check fraud, theft, and forgery, and later became a fraud-prevention specialist.Police in Greece on Tuesday, July 2, 2019 said they had arrested an Israeli man accused of fraud, named in media reports as the "Tinder swindler" who allegedly defrauded European women he met on the dating site.
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