‘Tinder Swindler’ Simon Leviev Arrested Abroad After Interpol Notice

Simon Leviev — the notorious “Tinder Swindler” convicted of scamming girls out of tens of millions on the relationship app — has been arrested once more … in keeping with his legal professional and officers within the case.

Leviev was detained Sunday morning on the Batumi International Airport, in keeping with a number of reviews, positioned close to the Black Sea within the nation of Georgia close to Russia.

The Georgian Interior Ministry has confirmed Leviev was nabbed on the airport following the issuance of a Red Notice — AKA a global alert — from the intergovernmental law-enforcement group Interpol.

Georgia’s Interior Ministry didn’t elaborate on why Leviev was taken into custody.

Leviev’s legal professional, who spoke with the Israeli outlet Walla, mentioned he would not know why SL was picked up both … noting the infamous conman had been “traveling freely around the world.”

Leviev, born Shimon Yehuda Hayut, first rose to prominence after he was the topic of the 2022 Netflix documentary, “Tinder Swindler,” … which broke down how he linked with girls on the app, pretended to be a Russian diamond inheritor, and swindled his conquests out of cash.

Remember, Leviev left Israel in 2011 to keep away from sentencing for fraud, theft, and forgery convictions. He later did time in a Finnish prison in 2015 for defrauding girls … he was later returned to Israel in 2017.

He fled his residence nation shortly after … with Interpol lastly catching him in Greece in 2019. While he was sentenced to fifteen months in prison in Israel, he was launched after solely 5 months because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

We’re certain extra developments are to come back. So, keep tuned.