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Who are Lev Leviev’s children?
NETFLIX's new series, The Tinder Swindler, is based on the life of conman Shimon Hayut who posed as Lev Leviev's son.
Hayut pretended to be the son of billionaire "King of Diamonds" to con women out of their money, but Leviev actually has nine children.
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Who are Lev Leviev's children?
Chagit Leviev Sofiev
The President of the Leviev Group USA is Leviev's daughter Chagit.
She is also the CEO of Africa Israel USA while her husband, Greg Sofiev, is the CEO of the famous LLD Diamonds USA.
Chagit worked as a financial advisor at Deloitte after graduating from Bar Ilan University with a BA in Economics and Business administration.
After this she moved up to a CFO position at the Memorand Group before moving to New York in 2012 to head the Leviev Group of Companies.
The Israeli native is also a mother to four children and speaks six languages.
Zevulun Leviev
Leviev's son is no strangers to headlines as he was caught in a smuggling ring scandal in 2018.
The former CEO of LLD Diamonds USA, Zavulun Leviev, has disputed the claims he and his uncle Moshe were involved, along with six other LLD employees.
They were accused of bringing an estimated $80million worth of diamonds into Israel but lawyers said the claims were "baseless".
Shalom Leviev
Also a businessman, Leviev's son Shalom made headlines during his divorce after his ex-wife accused him of physical, emotional and sexual violence.
He was declared bankrupt in July 2019 after Bank Leumi filed a suit against him and his then wife.
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Zvia Leviev-Alazarov and Ruthie Leviev
Zvia was named as the head of the board of Africa Israel Residences in 2008, just after her father moved to London.
Ruthie was CEO of the company's flagship mall, the Ramat Aviv Mall, until 2008 when she took over from her sister Zvia as the manager of Africa Israel's Mall Division.
Joshua, Moshe and Asher Leviev
Other children of Lev are believed to be Joshua, Moshe and Asher.
Lev was living in London until 2018 when it was reported he relocated to Russia.
Leviev is believed to have another child but their identity is unknown.
What has Lev Leviev said on The Tinder Swindler
While Lev Leviev himself has not openly commented on the series, LLD Diamonds did express sympathy for the victims of Hayut.
The spokesperson shared with how the incident has caused "ongoing confusion" about the company.
They said: "He is a fraud who has tried to exploit our good name to con victims out of millions of dollars.
"Our sympathies go out to his victims. His fraud has also caused ongoing confusion about our company.
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"Nothing he has said, about LLD or anything else, should be believed.";
"As soon as we learned of the fraud, we filed a complaint with the Israeli police, and we hope that Mr. Hayut faces the justice he deserves."
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