Fergus Shiel
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- Sep 18, 2026
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‘Tinder Swindler’s’ plan for a dating app sparks industry backlash - ICIJ (opens the original)
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The dating industry’s lead trade group is urging Apple and Google to block a new dating app that the convicted fraudster known as the Tinder Swindler says he plans to launch to safeguard women from similar criminals. Simon Leviev, soon to turn 36, who inspired a 2022 Netflix documentary by that alias after achieving notoriety for conning at least six women out of an estimated 7 million pounds, wants to name his app Safe Love. Leviev’s criminality first became widely known after reports by Natali
Alleged cartel boss Daniel Kinahan charged in Ireland following high security extradition - ICIJ (opens the original)
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Kinahan was taken from Dubai to a Dublin court under armed escort and ordered to remain in prison while he awaits trial for his alleged part in running a global drug smuggling empire. Boxing promoter Daniel Kinahan has been charged with directing the activities of a criminal organization after being extradited from Dubai to his native Ireland amid a huge security operation. Authorities allege that Kinahan, 49, oversaw a global narco-trafficking operation that was tied to a bloody gang war in Ire
Inside the Matrix: How models, influencers and engagement quotas power the Social Discovery Group’s dating machine and global profits - ICIJ (opens the original)
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Maria trusted that she had stumbled onto a second chance at love. From her home in Nicosia, Cyprus, she spent nearly two years on a dating platform exchanging photos, voice messages, letters and late-night thoughts on travel, children, art and love on the AmoLatina dating site with Dan, 45. Dan said that he had a degree in finance and a passion for photography, and that he was a divorced Brazilian living in Argentina with a 20-year-old son. Attractive, gentle and attentive, Dan called Maria his
Inside the Matrix: How models, influencers and engagement quotas power the Social Discovery Group’s dating machine and global profits (opens the original)
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Women on four continents told ICIJ that global pay-per-action dating sites owned by a Russian businessman and self-styled philosopher left them financially broke and heartbroken.
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