'Tinder Swindler' deletes Instagram just days after Netflix released doc detailing how he duped single women out of millions

Shimon (pictured in 2021) was ultimately arrested and charged fraud, theft, and forgery. He spent five months in prison before he was released on 'good behavior' in May 2020. (Instagram)

The Tinder Swindler conman whose scams are the focus of an explosive new Netflix documentary has deleted the Instagram account where he flaunted photos of his lavish lifestyle - just two days after the streaming site premiered its new tell-all. 

Throughout 2018 and 2019, Shimon Hayut, 31, tricked multiple single women - who he met through the dating app Tinder - into giving him hundreds of thousands of dollars while pretending to be a billionaire named Simon Leviev. 

Now, Netflix has dropped a new documentary about his ploys - sparking huge media coverage and increased backlash against Shimon - who appears to have become somewhat publicity shy in the light of the renewed scrutiny.

So much so that the convicted conman chose to delete his social media account, which he had been regularly updating with snippets from his high-flying lifestyle, from photos of himself posing on private jets to videos of himself behind the wheel of luxury cars.  

Shimon - who was ultimately arrested and charged with fraud, theft, and forgery - spent five months in prison before he was released on 'good behavior' in May 2020.

Netflix dropped a brand new documentary about his ploys on February 2 - sparking immense backlash against Shimon
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Netflix dropped a brand new documentary about his ploys on February 2 - sparking immense backlash against Shimon

However, soon after getting out of prison, he began sharing photos of his himself enjoying a life of luxury to Instagram, and continued to flaunt his glamorous activities up until the entire account was removed on Friday. 

Just one month after he was released, he posted a snap of himself on a boat while he held a cigar and was surrounded by alcohol.

'Let the summer begin,' he captioned it. 

Back in November, the conman posted numerous videos of himself flying in a private plane.

And one week before that, he shared a clip of himself driving in his bright red convertible, while grinning at the camera and giving a thumbs up. 

Other posts over the last year showed him partying on a yacht, eating in expensive restaurants, staying in five-star hotels, taking numerous helicopter rides, skydiving, and vacationing all over the world. 

He addressed the Netflix doc on Friday, writing on his Instagram Story, 'Thank you for all your support.



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