‘Tinder Swindler’ Simon Leviev Wanted by Police, Allegedly Used Fake ID
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According to a spokesperson for Simon Leviev. “There was never a pending investigation or anything delivered to the address, according to the Daily Mail account. He paid the sum of 100 euros and continued on his way. Simon Leviev, dubbed “The Tinder Swindler,” Simon Leviev could face substantial prison time after police filed an arrest warrant. For him for an incident in 2019. Officials believe he used a fraudulent driver’s licence and got his expensive automobile trapped on a beach in Spain.
“Tinder Swindler” led the police to the suspect
According to The Daily Mail, police in Tarifa were able to link Simon Leviev to a 2019 collision because of the Netflix documentary Tinder Swindler. Simon Leviev allegedly offered up a phoney ID with the name Michael Bilton — one of his claimed aliases — after his $100K Maserati became stranded on the beach, according to cops. When police saw the name mentioned in the Netflix documentary Tinder Swindler, they immediately made the connection.
How do the police know Simon Leviev is to be questioned?
The leased automobile pulled away, and Simon Leviev and his mystery date were free to leave. Cops thought the licence wasn’t legitimate, but no arrests were made at the time. The rented car towed away. And he and his unknown date were allowed to leave. In the midst of the investigation, he allegedly gave police an address in Costa del Sol. Things came to a standstill after “Bilton” failed to respond to his summons… the case is now reopen after cops believe Simon Leviev is the person in question.
Simon Leviev tells TMZ that he already served time in 2019 for using a fraudulent passport and says he can’t be jailed for the same offence twice. Simon Leviev’s last spot in Tel Aviv in March. And as we previously reported. He recently duped after paying over $6K to a Meta employee to have his Instagram account verified. It turned out to be a ruse, according to reports.
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