1/ For those interested in reading about some of #TheTinderSwindler's other victims -- not mentioned in the #Netflix documentary -- we did several stories back in 2019. They can be read quite easily in english by using Google Translate.
2/ First one is from New York. The Chobin family tells the story on how a teenage Shimon Yehuda Hayut in 2008 got away with 42.000 dollars after living with them, spending them on luxury travel, hotels and shopping on Fifth Avenue in three days. vg.no/nyheter/i/OnV3…
3/ This one is from Israel, where we worked with @uri_blau. A father tells what happened when they hired Simon Leviev as a babysitter, and a co-student of Simon from a pilot school (!) tells about investing in his "business" before Simon disappeared. vg.no/nyheter/innenr…
4/ This one is from Amsterdam where he did not pay up after renting an exclusive apartment. Pictures of stuff he left when he fled. vg.no/nyheter/i/a2zr…
5/ Stories done with my brilliant colleagues @NatalieRHansen and @kristofferkumar. The New York story was done by VGs then US correspondent @RobSimso. The Amsterdam/London story by
@mariekingsrod.
6/ Which reminds me of how @vgnett / VG the week after publishing the initial story found ourselves reporting stories from New York, London, Amsterdam within the same 24 hours -- at same time as we were getting ready material from Israel to get published.
7/ Simon Leviev was arrested in Greece because of a fake passport June 28th 2019. A few days later Israel wanted him extradited. Some interesting details here, and the story is in english: vg.no/nyheter/innenr…
8/ This interview with the leader of the Association Of Jewish Lawyers seeks to explain the Israeli laws enabling the #TheTinderSwindler to escape prosecution for fraud in Europe -- and why the extradition might have been a good deal for him. vg.no/nyheter/innenr…

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1/ A thread on the Simon Leviev timeline. Details, details. 27th September 1990: Born as Shimon Yehuda Hayut into an ultra orthodox Jewish family and grows up in Bnei Brak, outside Tel Aviv.
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2/ 2006: Moves to NYC to live with the Chobin family. Lives with them for 6 months, gets told to leave. April 19th-22nd 2008: When the Chobins are away on vacation, Simon is still allowed to borrow their apartment. Misuses a credit card for 42.000 dollars. vg.no/nyheter/i/OnV3…
3/ 2010: Pilot school in Israel. This same year he gets hired as a babysitter for a Tel Aviv-family, works for them for 3 months. Then tries to forge 3 of their checks, according to a later indictment. vg.no/nyheter/innenr…
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2/ More chaos and no coordination by Haitian authorities when personal belongings are being dumped on the airstrip.
3/ What’s left on the ground here used to be someone’s personal belongings. “I’ve lost my passport”, says a man that passes by.
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