‘Tinder Swindler’ Simon Leviev plans to launch dating app

Simon Leviev, the subject of Netflix’s documentary The Tinder Swindler, is planning on launching his own dating app. Leviev, who gained fame after the 2022 documentary exposed his alleged patterns of romance fraud and financial crimes, plans to call the new dating app, Safe Love.During an interview with Britain’s ITV’s Morning Show, Leviev, whose real name is Shimon Yehuda Hayut, said he believes his knowledge of “how to lie” makes him the right person to help others avoid romance scams. 4:33 Unbreaking Project launching in Canada, offering support to romance scam victims “I lived 10 years on a false passport so yes, I do know how to lie. I do know how to cheat. I do know how to manipulate. It’s not something that I hide. I falsified a cheque. I lived 10 years under a false identity,” Leviev said. Story continues below advertisement “Obviously I’ve been convicted. Obviously, I’m not proud of it but it’s made me a set of skills that some other people don’t have out there,” he added. Get breaking National news Get breaking Canada news delivered to your inbox as it happens so you won't miss a trending story. “There will be people watching this today who think it’s really distasteful t...