Wild Flower
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Simon Leviev, raia wa Israel anayejulikana zaidi kupitia filamu ya Netflix The Tinder Swindler, amekamatwa nchini Georgia kwa ombi la Interpol baada ya kuwasili katika uwanja wa ndege wa Batumi. Jina lake halisi ni Shimon Yehuda Hayut, na ingawa mamlaka hazijatoa sababu rasmi ya kukamatwa, historia yake ya ulaghai imesababisha gumzo kubwa. Mwaka 2019 aliwahi kuhukumiwa kwa makosa ya udanganyifu na kutumikia kifupi cha kifungo.
Kati ya mwaka 2017 na 2019, Leviev alitumia utambulisho wa uongo kujifanya mrithi tajiri wa mfanyabiashara wa almasi, akiwavuta wanawake kupitia maisha ya kifahari ya ndege binafsi na mapumziko ya kifahari. Baada ya kujenga imani, aliwadai fedha akidai kufuatwa na “maadui”. Wahanga kama Cecilie Fjellhøy walisema walimpa zaidi ya dola 270,000, huku wengine wakimfungulia kesi wakidai mamilioni ya shekeli ambazo hakuzilipa.
Licha ya kukanusha mara kwa mara tuhuma hizo, Leviev pia amekabiliwa na shutuma mpya kutoka kwa mpenzi wake wa zamani Kate Konlin, aliyemshutumu kwa unyanyasaji wa kihisia na kimwili. Filamu ya The Tinder Swindler iliyoibua simulizi hizi ilivunja rekodi na kuwa ya kwanza kutazamwa zaidi katika nchi 90, ikimfanya Leviev kuwa mmoja wa wahalifu wa kimapenzi waliovutia umakini mkubwa duniani.
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Kati ya mwaka 2017 na 2019, Leviev alitumia utambulisho wa uongo kujifanya mrithi tajiri wa mfanyabiashara wa almasi, akiwavuta wanawake kupitia maisha ya kifahari ya ndege binafsi na mapumziko ya kifahari. Baada ya kujenga imani, aliwadai fedha akidai kufuatwa na “maadui”. Wahanga kama Cecilie Fjellhøy walisema walimpa zaidi ya dola 270,000, huku wengine wakimfungulia kesi wakidai mamilioni ya shekeli ambazo hakuzilipa.
Licha ya kukanusha mara kwa mara tuhuma hizo, Leviev pia amekabiliwa na shutuma mpya kutoka kwa mpenzi wake wa zamani Kate Konlin, aliyemshutumu kwa unyanyasaji wa kihisia na kimwili. Filamu ya The Tinder Swindler iliyoibua simulizi hizi ilivunja rekodi na kuwa ya kwanza kutazamwa zaidi katika nchi 90, ikimfanya Leviev kuwa mmoja wa wahalifu wa kimapenzi waliovutia umakini mkubwa duniani.
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A convicted con artist who was the subject of a popular 2022 Netflix documentary, The Tinder Swindler, has been arrested in Georgia, local officials said. Israeli Simon Leviev was taken into custody at Interpol's request after arriving at Batumi airport in the country's south-west, Georgia's interior ministry said on Monday. Leviev, 34, gained notoriety after an investigative documentary uncovered a string of romance fraud and financial crimes, involving an estimated $10m (£7.4m).
He allegedly posed as the wealthy heir of a diamond mogul on dating app Tinder and swindled women into lending him large sums of money, which he never repaid. Leviev previously denied the allegations.
He allegedly posed as the wealthy heir of a diamond mogul on dating app Tinder and swindled women into lending him large sums of money, which he never repaid. Leviev previously denied the allegations.
SOURCE: BBC
