cecilie fjellhoy thought she had met her prince charming when she matched on tinder with simon leviev fjellhoy a 29yearold norwegian masters student living in london said she was swept off her feet on their first date which included a private plane ride to bulgaria fjellhoy said leviev told her he was an israeli millionaire who called himself the prince of diamonds i was texting my friends at the same time like in a group chat just like i dont know whats going on she said but what began as a storybook romance turned into a reallife nightmare fjellhoy said one that sent her into debt and fearing for her safety its a cautionary tale in the dangers of online dating i hate him hes so horrible she said i am just tired of crying about this you know its just so painful i just hate myself that i did this watch the full story on nightline tonight at 1235 am et leviev was born shimon hayut a 28yearold convicted israeli conman who served three years in finnish prison for defrauding several women in order to fund his lavish lifestyle of private jets and fast cars which fjellhoy said he loved to show off fjellhoy said hayut defrauded her out of more than 200000 finding herself lulled into a false sense of security by his grand romantic gestures and flowery declarations of love she said she fell prey to confidence fraud in june hayut was arrested in greece for using a false passport following a joint operation between interpol and israeli police outside of court hayut told reporters from vg a norwegian outlet that first broke the story i will go back to israel which is my home country and i will face what is waiting for me there and thats it and we will sort everything out whatever problems that we have we will sort it out in court he now faces extradition to israel where he was indicted in 2011 on theft forgery and fraud charges unrelated to fjellhoy but he fled the country before he was set to stand trial according to the us federal trade commission internetfacilitated romance scams also known as confidence fraud is the number one type of consumer fraud in the us around the world victims of confidence fraud lose billions of dollars each year according to the fbi fjellhoy who shared her story with nightline earlier this year said her romance with hayut started out innocently enough this was the first time where i felt like oh my god i really like him and it seems that he really likes me back as well she said hes texting and hes calling and he seems to really want to get to know me and i think i feel a bit for that more dating app murder suspect seemed like a dream guy at first exgirlfriend says fjellhoy said hayut told her that his job as a diamond dealer working for a company