Famous for ‘Tinder Swindler’, Simon Leviev will soon make his Hollywood debut.
The 31-year-old became an overnight household name after the Netflix documentary. Now, he has been planning to cash in his skills to launch a new dating show. The dating app conman has reportedly met with LA-based manager Gina Rodriguez and has officially become her client, as per the source.
The duo has a bunch of plans to parlay Leviev’s new Netflix fame into profit and an entertainment career. Leviev’s dating show would have ‘women competing for his love.
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He is also in talks for a podcast where he shares his dating ‘dos and dont’s’. After the documentary, Leviev was banned from all dating apps and he later also deleted his Instagram account.
Tinder Swindler
The so-called Tinder Swindler is Shimon Hayut, a convicted fraudster born in Israel. Hayut used dating apps to meet multiple women, then established lines of credit and loans in their names, ultimately leaving them holding the bills.
How much money did he steal? An estimated $10 million, according to The Times of Israel. Hayut would evade repayment by cajoling, threatening and otherwise stalling his victims: He made a habit of sending increasingly unhinged WhatsApp voice messages, even sending one to the filmmakers when he learned about The Tinder Swindler’s existence.
