After being released, Shimon Hayutknown as the «Tinder scammer»boasted of being “unstoppable” and said that plans a film about his life and proposed the actor he wants to play him.
“No one stopped me and no one can stop me,” said the 35-year-old man, who on social networks presented himself as Simon Leviev. A few hours before regaining his freedom in Georgia, he gave a written interview to the British media Daily Mail,
Minutes after sending his responses, Hayut was released from prison. Prisión N.º 2 de Kutaisi. He had stayed there for two months. after being arrested upon entering the countrywhere a possible extradition to Germany awaited.
Shimon Hayut, known as the «Tinder Scammer,» was released from prison in Georgia after reaching a plea deal. Photo: archive. His original arrest was due to a Interpol red notice for an alleged fraud that he had committed in Germany. German authorities were looking for him for alleged fraud against a Berlin woman for more than $500,000.
The arrest warrant was canceled on November 14, a decisive turn for his defense led by Israeli lawyer Sharon Nahari and the Georgian lawyer Mariam Kublashvilirecognized for facing complex causes. The resolution left Hayut free and able to travel.
The role of Interpol and the cancellation of the arrest warrant
In your responses, the protagonist of the Netflix documentary He expressed confidence, despite the prison conditions that he described as “the harshest” he had ever experienced. He said that He shared a tiny cell with six peoplewho could only bathe once a week and had no access to television or the internet.
“Sometimes I have bad days and suffer emotional breakdownsbut I try to be optimistic,” he wrote, while detailing that he wore the same clothes for more than a month.
Asked about possible regrets, he only mentioned his conviction for fraud in Israel in 2011 and the use of a forged passport in Greece in 2019. About the women who reported the emotional and economic damage what would have caused them, he said that these complaints were “hatred, defamation and lies” and assured that he was maintaining legal action against “the Netflix girls.”
His original arrest was due to an Interpol red notice for alleged fraud he had committed in Germany. Photo: archive.“My life made me the man I am today and I am one in a billion,” he wrote, adding that his story was just beginning. “It’s just the warm-up, and I tell my detractors that keep looking; it will be a good show«, said.
He argued that, although public opinion links it with private jets, yachts and sports cars, in reality He considers himself «a simple man». However, he stated that he could be “an exceptional spy” and that he received alleged requests from brain research institutes due to his intellectual capacity. “In my current life I earn more money,” he clarified.
Film projects and the longing for a new life
At the same time, he said he was in negotiations with a production company to make a biographical film and nominated Zac Efron as the ideal option to play him“if you can wear glasses.”
Also revealed that he found “the one” in Dubai and who dreams of getting married. «I don’t know if he’ll wait for me until I get out, but I’ll do my best. When you meet the person destined for you, you feel it,» he said.
Before finishing, He left a message addressed to those who question him. «The next time you look at the sky and see a light brighter than the rest, it won’t be the stars. It will be the tip of the wing of my private jet,» he wrote.
The «Tinder scammer» nominated Zac Efron as the ideal choice to play him in a film about his life. Photo: AFP.The cause that brought him world fame arose from the documentary «The Tinder Swindler»which exposed a series of accusations of scams and thefts valued at more than 9 million dollars.
The alleged victims stated that presented himself as the heir to the Leviev diamond empire and that he dazzled them with luxuries and then induced them to give him money that they never recovered. After the resolution of the latest arrest warrants, Hayut does not register convictions linked to these accusations.
When asked about his immediate future, he responded confidently: “I will be free and exonerated from everything. Sooner than you think,” he said.
