The Making of a Swindler, Part 3

You Can’t Make This Up

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4.2 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2022

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Years before he was pretending to be a millionaire playboy, Simon Leviev was Shimon Hayut, the son of an Orthodox rabbi from a small town near Tel Aviv. In this final episode we take a deep dive into Shimon’s younger years. We’ll hear the true tale of his upbringing, his earliest crimes, and a chilling story that shines a new light on the making of a Swindler. The Making of a Swindler is a companion to the documentary, The Tinder Swindler, now on Netflix. The Making of A Swindler is a production of RAW and NETFLIX. Presenters: Bernadette Higgins, Felicity MorrisProducers: Bernadette Higgins, Felicity MorrisSeries Producer: Georgina SavageExecutive Producer: Deborah DudgeonResearcher: Lucy BarnesSound Design: Emma BarnabyOriginal Score: Jessica JonesJunior Production Assistants: Rowan Lee-Potter, Shemsije ZeqiriProduction Executive: Nageena AhmedRaw’s Head of Podcasts is Sarah Harris. The Head of US Production is Kate Leonard-Morgan

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0:00.0	Just a warning, this episode contains strong language.
0:04.0	Previously, on the making of a swindler.
0:10.0	Simon would drill himself into your heart, make you feel like you're special, and then he stabs you and leaves you.
0:23.0	It's not only the stupid money part.
0:25.0	The mental abuse, what he did to us, I think that's the worst.
0:32.0	He had two forged Israeli passports, three forged Israeli driver licenses, two forged Israeli flight permits,
0:41.0	and five forged Americanist press credit cards.
0:47.0	I remember vividly sitting next to him in court saying,
0:50.0	if you care about me, you need to tell the truth.
0:56.0	With you or without you, you choose it. You want war? You will get fucking war.
1:01.0	You will get fucking war.
1:02.8	I'm
1:04.0	war.
1:05.0	I'm Bernadad Higgins and I'm Felicity Morris.
1:11.0	And this is the making of a swindler.
1:18.1	So where did it all begin for Simon Levive? How did he become a con man? In this episode we're going to
1:26.1	explore his life before Simon, before Mordecai to Piero, when he was still
1:31.4	known by his birth name, Schimon Hayut, the son of a rabbi who grew up in a small city outside Tel Aviv.
1:39.0	We knew we'd need someone with local knowledge, so we enlisted the help of Israeli journalist.
1:44.8	I meet Yilzari.
1:48.1	In late 2019 I was approached by the German magazine,
1:53.0	their Spiegel, and their reporter asked me if I can follow
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