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