"Cecilie Fjellhy fell victim to Simon Leviev, who would become known to the masses as the Tinder Swindler via a 2022 Netflix documentary of the same name. She lent $200,000 to a man she met online and considered her boyfriend, who appeared to be (and she did her due Google diligence) a billionaire member of the Leviev Israeli diamond dynasty."
"The film was nominated for five Emmys, is said to be Netflix's most watched documentary, and the title has since become a byword for online scammers who practise manipulative and emotionally abusive romance fraud. So many women (and a few men) got in touch with Fjellhy to tell similar stories of their suffering at the hands of other seemingly loving men (and a few women),"
Cecilie Fjellhy was defrauded by Simon Leviev (real name Shimon Hayut) after lending $200,000 to a man who posed as a billionaire. She now collaborates with private investigator Brianne Joseph in a six-part series called Love Con Revenge to gather evidence from multiple victims and compile dossiers for the police. The work aims to force investigations despite often indifferent police attitudes that treat cases as domestic matters or civil disputes. The project highlights systemic misogyny and dismissal of victims while prioritizing practical evidence-gathering over dramatized televisual action.
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