'Tinder Swindler' con artist 'Simon Leviev' banned from dating app

Shimon Hayut allegedly met women on Tinder before swindling them for millions of dollars after catfishing them into believing his name was 'Simon Leviev'. Photo: Handout

The con man investigated in Netflix's new documentary The Tinder Swindler has been banned from the dating app.

Shimon Hayut allegedly met women on Tinder before swindling them for millions of dollars after catfishing them into believing his name was "Simon Leviev" and that he was the son of Israeli diamond tycoon Lev Leviev.