'Tinder Swindler' Simon Leviev Sued For Lying About Relation To Diamond Tycoon Lev Leviev

"Tinder Swindler" Simon Leviev faces another legal battle from the real Leviev diamond family.

Israeli diamond tycoon Lev Leviev and his family, including his daughter Chagit Leviev, the CEO of Leviev Group USA, sued Simon for allegedly enriching himself in their last name. Simon, the notorious fraudster, who is the center of the Netflix documentary "Tinder Swindler," introduced himself to various women as the son of Lev. He made them fall in love and impressed them before borrowing money from them.

"Even though we are a diamond company, we are victims too. We are getting threats because of this, endless prank calls saying, 'My enemies are coming for me,'" Chagit told Page Six. "I believe the show didn't do a good enough job of explaining that we have nothing to do with him."

"For a long time, he [Simon] has been making false representations as being the son of Lev Leviev and receiving numerous benefits (including material ones), cunningly and using false words, claiming to be a member of the Leviev Family, and that his family will pay and bear the costs of his benefits," the lawsuit obtained by the outlet read. "He even used the LLD Diamonds trademark to make his victims believe that he was indeed part of the diamond company (it's CEO no less, per his signature) and was a member of the Leviev Family."

Chagit told the outlet that their firm has been operational for 40 years, and they have been supplying unique and rare diamonds to the premier jewelers in the world and also dressed royalties and celebrities, including Salma Hayek and Charlize Theron.

"We started hearing word about Simon Leviev in 2017. There are nine siblings in my family, five brothers – and none of them are called Simon – and four girls," she exclusively told Page Six.

She also recounted hearing from diamond dealers that Simon made checks of $350,000 in their name. However, those were not their checks. Another company also notified them and told them they owed $600,000 for private jets and the pictures showed Simon's passport. Chagit said they went to the police in Israel, but they had difficulty tracking Simon because he was constantly moving in different countries.

The family also alleged that Simon, born Shimon Hayut, "defrauded, cheated, conned, falsified, and hurt women, men and businesses." Simon used the dating app Tinder to locate women and convince them to fund him under the guise that he was on the run due to his security being at risk.

"The biggest shock is when we saw the Netflix show and we saw the extent of his damage and his manipulation," she said. "The truth is, that show is just the tip of the iceberg. For him to live that life, he has to be conducting an international fraud of enormous proportions. There must be so many other victims. And we have evidence of him using charter companies, yachts, high-end apartment rentals, it goes on and on."

Simon served two and a half years in a Finnish prison because he was found guilty of defrauding three women. He also served 15 months in an Israeli prison after being convicted for four counts of fraud charges. However, he was released after five months.

Chagit added that she was shocked when a Hollywood agent signed Simon. According to her, Simon doesn't belong in Hollywood because "he is a criminal."

Talent manager Gina Rodriguez of Gitoni Inc. signed Simon because she was intrigued with the Netflix documentary. For her, Simon was the "world's greatest salesman." She also gave him the benefit of the doubt.

"It left me with a lot of unanswered questions and was very biased. I believe there are two sides to every story and everyone should have the chance to tell their side of the story," Rodriguez told Entertainment Tonight.