# @bbcnews on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2025-09-16T14:04:59.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** BBC News (@bbcnews) — https://gondola.cc/bbcnews

## Caption

A convicted con artist who was the subject of a popular 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, 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.
 
Tap the link in BBCNews’s bio to read the stories of some of the women featured in the Netflix series.
 
#TinderSwindler #BBCNews

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