Simon Lavaev as you said earlier now has a Hollywood agent yeah I think he's put out of business when it comes to scams but the women he conned are still paying back the money that they lost him whereas he seems to have regained a lot of his old lifestyle. Rachel Williams was arrested by immigration enforcement here in the United States because she's not a citizen and she overstayed her visa so she herself is in jail right now. Erland Oft: If it looks like she's winning we're just not at the end yet well thank you both for joining us to talk about these two characters Thank you Rachel for being so open and for cutting and banging your pots and pans
Anna Delvey and Simon Leviev, now infamously known as The Fake Heiress and The Tinder Swindler, are two characters who have infiltrated pop culture and gripped Netflix viewers over recent months. Their joint claim to fame? They're both notorious con artists. So why are viewers and listeners so drawn to these stories of true crime? Writer and author Rachel Williams and journalist Erlend Ofte Arntsen were closely involved in the real-life stories that shaped Netflix's The Tinder Swindler and Inventing Anna. They join journalist and broadcaster Manveen Rana to help provide some answers.
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