A group of women who were conned by Hayut – Cecilie Fjellhøy, Pernilla Sjöholm, and Ayleen Charlotte – featured in a Netflix documentary that highlighted Hayut’s crimes in a bid to warn other women.
Titled The Tinder Swindler, the hit docuseries aired in early 2022 and claims that Hayut made a staggering $10 million (£7.6m) from his scheme. The women involved have since set up a fundraising page in a bid to pay off their debts, with a crowdfunding target of around $812,000 (£620.5k).
Hayut has been reaping the benefits of his new celebrity status, and is currently accessible via the video messaging app Cameo, where he’s charging people $99 (£84) a time for a personal video message. And that’s not all. The bold Hayut is reportedly charging an eye-watering $20,000 (£15.3k) for club appearances, and his list of demands includes a private jet, two bodyguards, and being put up in a five-star hotel.
But with the real Leviev family now suing Hayut for impersonation in the first of "a number of lawsuits", according to the Levievs' lawyer Guy Ophir, it remains to be seen how long the scammer's luck will last...