Leviev family sued Israeli scammer for impersonating a family member while deceiving women
the israeli Shimon Hayutalso known as Simon Levievwill go to trial after the family Leviev start a case against him. The 31-year-old man cheated on women on the dating app Tinder by posing as a tycoon. The story became known worldwide after the documentary by Netflix, The Tinder Scam(2021).
Chagit Levievdaughter of the diamond tycoon Lev Leviev and CEO of Leviev Group USA, told Page Six that the family denounced hayut right after finding out about the scams. “We have suffered from the ‘Tinder scammer’ for years. We knew he was defrauding companies and other women they were looking for. We tried so hard to get him to stop and fight him and report him to the police,” he said. (via UOL)
For a while, hayut does not want to appear in court for the trial. “He doesn’t want to face the public humiliation he’s about to face. I have no doubt this is going to a good place very soon,” he commented. Chagit.
According to her, the cases became even better known after the documentary by Netflix.Chagit stated that after The Tinder Scamthere was no way hayut continue to apply the blows, as some of his crimes were revealed worldwide.
The family process Leviev against the Israeli claims that he “frauded, deceived, falsified and harmed women, men and companies,” while pretending to be a member of the family to carry out scams.
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According to the interviews, it all started with the match in the app. Then some meetings. Soon, hayut he manipulated women emotionally, just as he flaunted: he provided trips, parties, gifts and called himself “Prince of Diamonds.”
After a while, hayut invented various situations to convince victims to transfer large amounts of money to their account. A woman, according to the website Earthmade a transfer of about R$ 1.4 million to the fake billionaire — then the man disappeared, using the money acquired to attract other people.
In an interview with the channel ITVthe norwegian Cecilie Fjellhoyone of the victims of hayut, explained about the blow he suffered: “Losing money affects you, but the worst thing is what he did psychologically to me. He destroyed me,” she stated. The situation affected the woman, who had to go to a psychiatrist clinic after having her mental health damaged by the incident.
Source: Rollingstone
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