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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 373

Tinder

Illustrative: Atmosphere at The Cut's "How I Get It Done" Presented By Bumble at The Premiere on January 21, 2024 in Park City, Utah. (Robin Marchant/Getty Images for The Cut /AFP)
March 11, 2024, 12:16 pm
Israeli and Lebanese users of dating apps are made strange bedfellows by war-baffled GPS
Applications that match users based on their location have apparently been bamboozled by IDF jamming location signals, leading to unusual cross-border suggestions
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Point Zero Bridge in the center of Medellin, Columbia's second largest city. (CC BY-SA 3.0 Yimicorrea/Wikipedia)
March 18, 2023, 7:19 pm
Colombian police foil apparent kidnapping of Israeli tourist lured by Tinder date
Police say woman tricked victim into getting in car with her alleged accomplices, who beat and robbed him; police stop vehicle at roadblock, rescue Israeli and arrest 3
By Michael Horovitz
Iren Tranov speaks to Channel 13 news, November 18, 2022. (Screenshot: Channel 13; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
November 19, 2022, 10:26 pm
Israeli woman says ‘Tinder Swindler’ fooled her, even after she watched documentary
Iren Tranov details how Shimon Hayut — whose alleged defrauding of girlfriends was described in Netflix series — stole $130,000 from her, says ‘he doesn’t look like a criminal’
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Shimon Hayut with one of his victims. (Screengrab)
September 4, 2022, 6:42 pm
‘Tinder Swindler’ said to be in new relationship with British model
TV report says Shimon Hayut — whose alleged defrauding of girlfriends was described in Netflix series — is 10 years older than his new partner, who visits Israel frequently
By ToI Staff
'Tinder Swindler,' a true-crime documentary about Israeli con man Shimon Hayut, was released on Netflix, on February 2, 2022. (Courtesy: Netflix)
April 23, 2022, 2:26 pm
‘Tinder Swindler’ said wanted in Spain over use of allegedly fake Israeli ID
Court issues ‘search and arrest’ warrant for person later believed to be Shimon Hayut, Israeli conman and subject of popular Netflix documentary
By ToI Staff
'Tinder Swindler,' a true-crime documentary about Israeli con man Shimon Hayut, was released on Netflix, on February 2, 2022. (Courtesy: Netflix)
March 1, 2022, 2:41 pm
‘Tinder Swindler’ sued by Leviev family for appropriating their name
Shimon Hayut, the conman who presented himself as Simon Leviev and was the subject of a wildly popular Netflix documentary, is accused of damaging businessman’s family’s reputation
By ToI Staff
Israeli con man Shimon Hayut and Israeli model Kate Konlin speak with Inside Edition, on February 21, 2022. (Screenshot/YouTube via Inside Edition)
February 23, 2022, 12:02 pm
‘Tinder Swindler’ breaks silence, claims he isn’t a ‘monster’
Israeli fraudster Shimon Hayut says he was ‘just a single guy that wanted to meet some girls on Tinder’ as his new girlfriend calls Netflix documentary ‘fake’
By ToI Staff
'Tinder Swindler,' a true-crime documentary about Israeli con man Shimon Hayut, was released on Netflix, on February 2, 2022. (Courtesy: Netflix)
February 15, 2022, 11:54 pm
‘Tinder Swindler’ seduces way to top of Netflix charts
Film depicting true story of Israeli con man Shimon Hayut, who bamboozled girls by pretending to be diamond scion, becomes first documentary to lead Netflix viewership globally
By Tobias Siegal
Israeli Shimon Hayut is the subject of 'Tinder Swindler', a true crime documentary on Netflix. (Screenshot)
February 3, 2022, 8:51 am
‘Tinder Swindler’ documentary on Israeli con man hits Netflix
True crime film about Shimon Hayut, who posed as son of Russian-Israeli diamond tycoon and conned Scandinavian women, arrives on streaming platform
By Jessica Steinberg
Israeli Shimon Hayut is the subject of 'Tinder Swindler', a true crime documentary on Netflix. (Screenshot)
September 28, 2021, 8:16 pm
Israel’s ‘Tinder swindler’ to feature in upcoming Netflix film
True crime program will follow exploits of Shimon Hayut, convicted of defrauding multiple women he met online out of hundreds of thousands of dollars
By ToI Staff
Couple kissing at the light rail station on Jaffa Street in downtown Jerusalem on October 11, 2020 (Courtesy Nati Shohat/Flash 90)
February 14, 2021, 12:15 pm
Zoom me, maybe: Singles seeking love in a time of COVID find new ways to hook up
Many say finding a partner while socially distancing is a challenge, but being able to slow down and meet on video can have its upsides as well
By Jessica Steinberg
Screen capture from video of Shimon Hayut getting a coronavirus vaccination injection, December 28, 2020. (Channel 12 news)
December 30, 2020, 12:52 pm
‘Tinder swindler’ faked being medic, conned his way into early vaccine – report
Shimon Hayut, who defrauded European women he met via dating app, said to tell staff at vaccination center he is a medical worker, received shot not yet available for his age group
By ToI Staff
Shimon Hayut, the so-called 'Tinder Swindler,' is expelled from the city of Athens, Greece, on July 1, 2019. (Tore KRISTIANSEN/various sources/AFP)
December 30, 2019, 4:00 pm
Israeli ‘Tinder swindler’ sentenced to 15 months in prison
Shimon Hayut could potentially only serve two months after conning women across Europe for years
By ToI Staff
El Al Airlines chief rabbi Yohanan Hayut (YouTube screenshot)
November 29, 2019, 7:28 pm
El Al rabbi accused in fraud scheme alongside his son, the ‘Tinder swindler’
Yohanan Hayut suspected of using son’s fake identity to con philanthropists and business people out of hundreds of millions of shekels
By ToI Staff
Israeli Shimon Hayut is the subject of 'Tinder Swindler', a true crime documentary on Netflix. (Screenshot)
October 8, 2019, 11:01 am
Alleged Tinder fraudster to remain under arrest until further notice
Shimon Hayut, suspected of swindling multiple Scandinavian women, was extradited to Israel Monday
By ToI Staff
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