Alleged Tinder Swindler is reportedly working on a dating show

The infamous (alleged) Tinder Swindler, Simon Leviev, is reportedly working on a dating reality show after being banned from the dating app, a source told E! Online. While the details of the show are currently under wraps, the news outlet confirmed that Leviev will now be managed by Gina Rodriguez, who served as an executive producer on the reality show Mama June: From Hot to Not.

Rodriguez reposted a video by gossip outlet TMZ on her Instagram story in which it was claimed that Leviev will be charging $300 for cameo appearances, is set to write a book, as well as star in a dating show and host a dating podcast.

The Tinder Swindler, a Netflix documentary, features a man named Simon Leviev or Shimon Hayut who made several women fall in his trap when they swiped right on the popular dating application, Tinder.

Almost film-like, Leviev impersonates the son of an Israeli billionaire, Lev Leviev, also known as the "King of Diamonds" for his company LLD Diamonds. Claiming the supposedly wealthy heir, he manipulates women and lures them in with expensive gestures such as sporting a Rolls Royce or private jet on the first date and later conning them by using their credit cards and money to flee and pick his vulnerable targets in other European countries.

The Netflix documentary featured interviews of the three victims who came forward to expose Leviev’s Ponzi scheme. Cecilie Schrøder Fjellhøy, Pernilla Sjoholm and Ayleen Charlotte were defrauded of $250,000, $33,000 and $139,000 respectively. To recover the cost stolen, they have now created a GoFundMe page to raise the £600,000 ($811,206).

In an interview with actor Drew Barrymore, the victims shared that they were still suffering from the aftereffects of Leviev’s scheme. "I think that he needs help," Fjellhøy told Barrymore on air. "I really feel that he needs help and I feel sorry for him. That's what I would like to say too. I feel really, really sorry for him. A very empty life he has."

On what she would say to Leviev if she ever saw him again, Sjoholm shared, "I would say that I told him that I'm gonna do everything to let everyone know who he is and I think I sort of accomplished that and just say ‘I told you so’."

In response to the allegations, Leviev said in a voice note to Netflix saying, "I will proceed with the lawsuit against you for discrimination and lies and, you know, everything is based basically on a lie," he said. "And that's it, this is how it's gonna be."