However, according to The Times of Israel, he assumed a different identity by changing his legal name to Simon Leviev and fled the country again.[1][2] Hayut travelled around Europe, pretending to be different people. He exploited several women in Germany using the name Michael Bilton.[13] He also presented himself as the son of Russian-Israeli diamond mogul Lev Leviev, using the dating app Tinder to contact women as Leviev, and tricked them into loaning him money that he never repaid. He would charm women with lavish gifts and taking them to dinners on private jets using money he borrowed from other women he previously conned.[5] He would later pretend he was being targeted by his "enemies", often sending the same messages and images pretending that his bodyguard was attacked, asking his victims to help him financially; they would often take out bank loans and new credit cards in order to help.[11] He would then use the money gained through the deception to lure new victims, while essentially operating a Ponzi scheme.[11][14] Later, he would pretend to repay his victims by sending forged documents showing fake bank transfers.[11]