About this episode
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 Morris Producers: Bernadette Higgins, Felicity Morris Series Producer: Georgina Savage Executive Producer: Deborah Dudgeon Researcher: Lucy Barnes Sound Design: Emma Barnaby Original Score: Jessica Jones Junior Production Assistants: Rowan Lee-Potter, Shemsije Zeqiri Production Executive: Nageena Ahmed Raw’s Head of Podcasts is Sarah Harris. The Head of US Production is Kate Leonard-Morgan