[Image: Instagram / simon_leviev_official]The Tinder Swindler is back in the headlines, and not because Netflix needs a sequel. A convicted con artist and the smooth-talking star of the viral 2022 documentary, The Tinder Swindler, has been nabbed in Georgia, officials confirmed. ‘Tinder Swindler’ con artist arrested in Georgia https://t.co/3Zfay3BCZ0 — BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) September 16, 2025Leviev, 34, first shot to infamy when Netflix exposed his elaborate romance fraud web, an operation that allegedly drained women of a cool $10 million (around R173 million). Another woman, Iren Tranov, later sued him for 414,000 shekels (just over R2 million), saying she lent him 144,000 shekels (R700,000) he never repaid. Now, it looks like reality (not reality TV) might finally catch up with him.