So-called ‘Tinder Swindler’ Simon Leviev has been detained in Georgia, say reports in Georgian and Israeli media.

Leviev, 35, was held after arriving at Batumi airport in the former Soviet republic after Interpol issued a Red Notice for his arrest.

The Israeli ‘conman’ allegedly spent years luring women through the dating app Tinder while posing as heir to the Leviev diamond fortune.

He is accused of posing with a lavish lifestyle which included private jets, luxury hotels and expensive cars – to gain the trust of women, then persuading them to part with huge sums of cash, claiming he was in danger.

The grounds for his arrest are not yet clear. Even his lawyer told Hebrew publication Walla: ‘I spoke with him this morning after he was detained, but we don’t yet understand the reason….

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