Playboy Model's Dating Scheme Duped 'Older' Men on Apps: Cops

Okay, so I have really exciting news. I've been finally moved in to my new. apartment. >> An Israeli soldier turned Playboy model. and penthouse pet is the subject right. now of a large-scale investigation out. in Los Angeles. Police say she used. dating apps to meet rich older men and. then stole from their luxury homes. She. is now the target of a special bulletin. from the LA County Sheriff's Department. as more alleged victims come forward to. say she stole from them. But she is. firing back saying she is the victim in. all of this. We're going to talk about.

it all with trial attorney Adante. Pointer. Welcome to Sidebar, presented. by Law on Crime. I'm Jesse Weber. I know I have I have a lot of amazing. female followers and they always tell. me, "Mia, please share your outfits. Please post your closet. Please sell. your items.". Okay, I'm doing it. Police in Southern. California asking for the public's help. in finding a 27-year-old content creator. that's apparently been meeting up with. older men in the Los Angeles area, seemingly under the guise of a date. But.

according to LA County detectives from. the Malibu Lost Hill station, she is. less interested in their time and love. and maybe more interested in their. stuff. Now, before we dive into the. allegations against her and her. response, by the way, we got to talk a. little bit about her background. We are. speaking about Adva Lavi who also uses. the names Mia Ventura Shosana and. Shauna. Now she has apparently made. appearances in Playboy and Penthouse. magazines. In 2022, a news release from.

Clubhouse Media Group announced that she. was joining Honey Drip. This is a rival. to Only Fans. According to the release, Lvie is from Israel. She had served in. the Israeli Defense Force for 2 years. after her service. She worked as a. flight attendant. according to clubhouse. media group but the co 19 pandemic hit. grounded planes worldwide she was. apparently laid off now the release says. that she shifted her focus to growing. her social media following that she. worked as a model and often times it. seems in these kind of alleged.

pornographic settings her social media. pages they are full of photos and videos. of Levie showing off her high-end. clothes and shoes giving her fans tours. of her walk-in closets and sharing these. snapshots of vacations in exotic loces. But as we know what's seen on Instagram. and Tik Tok, it's sometimes often far. from the truth. And that brings us to. what we got to talk about now. That the. Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. released a special bulletin on October. 8th asking people to be on the lookout.

for her to let them know if they think. they may have been victimized by her. As. part of the bulletin, detectives said. suspect Levie has been involved in a. series of residential burglaries. throughout LA County, targeting older. men posing as a girlfriend or companion. on social media dating platforms and. applications. And the bulletin included. photos of two cars that she's known to. drive, a black Porsche SUV, a white. MercedesBenz sedan. This is quite the. story. All right, so let's focus on it.

I want to bring on trial attorney Adante. Pointer. Dante, thanks so much for. coming on. Um, this is an interesting. one to say the least. You know, it's. interesting because authorities didn't. list any specific set of charges on this. special bulletin. I thought it was an. interesting way to have this bulletin. without listing it. First, A, is it. common to list a bulletin like this? And. B, is it a precursor to official. charges? It's not so common for the police or law.

enforcement to put out almost like a be. on the lookout as if it was a stolen car. about a person because typically by the. time the police issue some type of. written statement or a public statement. about a particular person, they're. talking about a specific crime or. specific set of crimes. So, this is not. usual, although it does happen. And what. I think you're seeing here is the police. are trying to put out a clarion call to. anyone who may have been victimized by. this person so that there are more.

people, more charges, and potentially. more punishment for this internet vixen. >> We don't exactly know what we're dealing. with here. I mean, we have limited. information about what she's accused of. doing. What kind of charges could she. face down the line? And I guess the. question would be, is it both state and. federal charges if this is happening in. different local? I mean, again, I what. could we potentially be looking at here? I know it's difficult since you don't. have all the evidence and don't, but. you're kind of getting the themes of.

what this alleged scheme is, >> right? Well, what what you can kind of. deduce from what uh the police and law. enforcement have put out there is that. this is a woman who uh befriends men, be. it through uh the promise of. companionship or other type of services. and in the course of them being together. essentially steals their property. And. so you're talking about lararseny, you. could be talking about depending if she. left and came back when they're not. there, could be talking about more of a. residential burglary charge. And as you. mentioned, that could be state, but.

potentially federal. If she's flying. across and transporting stuff and doing. this across state lines, then you're. talking about potential federal charges. However, I think for it to wind up being. a federal case, I think that you would. have to be talking about a number of. people and a value in terms of what was. stolen or accused which she's alleged to. have stolen or are or taken from people. being something that's you're talking. about six figures or more. I would think. for it to warrant the energy and the. resources and the attention of a federal. prosecutor. >> Also, little off topic here. Actually,

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fraud? Am I thinking about it the right. way? >> Well, wire fraud is certainly one that's. in the that could be in the offing. because with wire fraud essentially. you're saying, "Hey, you have, you know, engaged in communication by way of be it. email, be it some type of electronic. device where you have defrauded somebody. or attempted to in this situation sell. them a bill of goods. Hey, I'm going to. come spend some time with you." when in. actuality your intent is to come and rob. them or dispossess them of their. property. So, it's a potential, but you.

know, I think it'd be a little bit of a. stretch, but they're doing, as we know, the investigation continues, and we. don't know the full extent of how her. house of cards was set up in terms of. what they're what she's alleged to have. engaged in, which is to take property. and luxury possessions and items from. well-healed clients. >> Do you think police prosecutors, they're. paying special attention to her social. media accounts, the activity? Do you. think they've subpoenaed uh some of. these social media companies and what. for? >> Look, social media is a treasure trove.

for law enforcement because what most. people don't understand is as soon as. you post it to social media, you no. longer own and control it. And it. doesn't go anywhere. It doesn't. disappear. It doesn't get erased. Even. if you deactivate your account or. archive something or delete something, there's a permanent record of what you. post on social media. And we routinely. see law enforcement using social media. as a tool in order to nab bad guys and. girls. So, uh I totally think that they. would be using social media as a way to.

not only see what her communications may. be leading to that charge of what you. said, wire fraud, but also her posting. items and things that may not. necessarily have been something she. possered. from someone's home. >> This raises a bigger question and I want. to be clear about it. She is not just. accused of targeting older men in dating. schemes. And if the allegations are. true, she wouldn't be the first person. accused of doing that. She is actually.

accused of stealing from all sorts of. places. For example, you have this. podcaster named Michael Sartine. He's. the host of Access Vegas. And he said. that Lvie was a guest on an episode of. his show. apparently told Los Angeles. news outlet KTLA that at one point Levy. went into the green room and stole. credit cards and cash from the purses of. all the female panelists. She then. returned to be part of that panel. Quote, cool as a cucumber. This is. according to Sartine. He told ABC7, quote, "She basically sits there for 90.

minutes, having stolen everyone's credit. cards and everyone's cash out of their. purses in the green room, just the. female guests, and she just sat there. cool as a cucumber, just talking about. the election while she had everyone's. stuff in her purse just sitting right. behind her." Now, one of the women who. was apparently victimized or allegedly. victimized, told KTLA that Lvie tried to. charge multiple things to her stolen. American Express credit card, including. an expensive hair appointment at a. Beverly Hills salon. The victim did some. investigating on her own and found out.

that Lvie had booked the appointment. under the name Mia Ventura. So Adante, not only is that allegation, if true, pretty brazen and it might tell you. something about her attitude about what. she's doing, but this feels like the. kind of evidence that could be a gold. mine for prosecutors if you have that. digital trail. >> Absolutely. This may be the key that. unlocks the entire case in terms of. actually not just taking things from. allegations, but to a potential. conviction because what you have here is. someone who, as you mentioned, went and.

did their own independent investigation. And not only did they did they find out. what name she booked it under, but. apparently in terms of a consultation. she had with this with this beauty. salon, she facetimed them and that and. that and that uh butition kept those uh. videos that she sent which would would. allow the law enforcement to identify. her specifically as the person and link. her to the credit card that was used to. book the appointment. So, this is a a.

very critical piece of evidence and one. that I'm sure police will rely heavily. on as well as prosecutors in order to. bring those charges against her. >> KTLA also apparently spoke with an adult. film star named Cody Steel. He said that. an LA based company hired a group of. people to go to France to work at this. party event. And both Steel and Lvie, they were reportedly part of this group. and they were all put up in an Airbnb. Steel told KTLA that while the rest of. the group was out, Levie stole from all.

of them. Quote, "She decided to pretty. much rob basically every person in that. group, essentially anything marked with. a designer label." Now, KTLA reports. that French police made her give. everything back. According to jail. records reviewed by KTLA, Lvie was last. arrested in May on a felony charge, bailed out. Details about the charge, the outcome, they weren't available. Dante, let's just start there real. quick. Does that seem strange to you? She was booked, got out, no further. information.

>> Well, you know, that doesn't sound. strange, but I do appreciate the idea of. what could have happened in that moment. or in that instance. And that is someone. made an allegation, she was arrested and. booked on it, she bailed out, and then. perhaps that victim or that witness, complaining witness decided to not go. forward with prosecution and perhaps the. case fell apart because of that. But. that's not so uncommon in these type of. situations because what you have to have. is a victim who's not only willing to. come forward and tell the police what.

happened, but then follow through with. going to court. And if you're a. high-profile person or a person that has. a sensitive job or someone who, i.e. is. married and shouldn't be entangled with. someone like Levie, then you potentially. would say, "Hey, as long as I got my. stuff back, I'm going to wash my hands. of this situation. I don't want to taint. my own reputation with being entangled. with her." That's a really good point. In other words, they put out this. bulletin, her name's now in the news. Are people going to be so quick to come. forward? I believe Michael Sartine had.

said that, you know, if you have these. people who have big jobs, they're known, are they going to want to come out and. say they've been victimized by this. woman, particularly if they were in some. sort of romantic relationship with her? It might not be so easy to get people to. come forward. >> Abs. Absolutely. You know, that's. something that she may have taken this. and thought of this as a calculated risk. in the sense that, hey, I'm going to. steal from these people, but I bet that. they aren't willing to go the full. length in order to prosecute me and get.

me convicted on these charges. Instead, these are people who are going to be. hesitant because they don't want to be. exposed for having been engaged with me. in the first place. However, you have. those situations as you mentioned where. she essentially is accused of taking. from all the guests of a podcast who. were women and then also being in France. and stealing from the people who she's. on a trip with. You know, so this is a. person who at least by these allegations. really knows no bounds and may be better. described as less of a of a Only Fans.

model/ thief, but more of a. kleptomaniac. Someone who doesn't have. an ability to essentially regulate. themselves. And this is what she engages. in. That thieving and stealing from. everyone. >> Yeah, these are the allegations. And. again, you know, she hasn't been. charged. She's innocent until proven. guilty. I I do have a question though. So, she was hit with that prior felony. charge back in May, bailed out. We don't. know exactly more details about that. How could that potentially affect the. current investigation and how can that.

uh potentially affect any future charges. she faces? >> Sure. Well, the fact that she was. arrested and bailed out, we don't know. if that charge essentially is on ICE or. or has been uh dismissed. And so, if. more alleged victims come forward, then. those new victims and those charges. could be rolled into the current case. and essentially can mushroom or compound. the issue she faces from a criminal. prosecution perspective. So, it's to be. to be determined how new charges may be.

joined forces, if you will, with the old. charge and and turn into one single. case. Or perhaps the old charge is used. by prosecutors as a way of a credibility. litmus test when someone else comes to. them and says, "Hey, this person did. something to me." They can go and look. and say, "You know what? She has a. background for this. Let's take a closer. look.". >> Yep. That's a good point. Um, by the. way, remember I mentioned that she. responded. Okay, don't see this every. day. So, it appears that Lvie herself.

has apparently responded to the. allegations. The Daily Mail reached out. to her reportedly over the phone and she. said that she hadn't heard about the. accusations until they called. According. to the Daily Mail, Levy said, "I think. when you probably hang out with someone. really powerful and someone really. connected, if you piss them off, it's. problematic because they can really. bleep you over." when the Daily Mail. pushed her for more details about this. alleged conspiracy, she reportedly hung. up on them. Adante, your response to.

that? >> Well, I mean, what she's saying in terms. of what could happen to a person who. gets on the wrong side of someone who's. powerful and well-connected is very. true. The question is, does that shoe. fit on her foot for this circumstance. and on this occasion? And we don't know. that. So that could just be her offering. up some type of contrived excuse in. order to explain away how her name is. mixed up in these allegations or it. could be the truth and that she ran a. foul of someone uh who in the course of.

her dealings and now she's paying the. price because they're seeking some type. of revenge or retribution. However, that. if that's going to be her defense, she. better have it prepared for court if she. should see the inside of a courtroom. >> Do you think she's being represented by. council right now? In other words, do. you think council would have recommended. that she speak to the Daily Mail? >> Most, if not all, criminal defense. attorneys would tell her, "You should. remain silent. You should not be giving. up your alibi or explaining away how or. why you're involved in this situation.".

Why? Because you have a fifth amendment. right against self-inccrimination. And. often times when people give statements, you wind up seeing it used against you. in the court of law. Now, according to. the uh LA County Sheriff's Department, Elvie is 5'7, 104 pounds, brown hair, brown eyes. They're asking for anyone. who has information about these alleged. burglaries at the homes of rich men or. any of these other alleged bad behavior. to reach out. Now, we have the contact. information for two detectives directly.

involved in the case. We have it up on. the screen now. We're going to put it in. the description. Uh tips can also be. submitted anonymously through. Crimestoppers. So that may be something. that people who don't want to be a part. of this in some way or have their names. out there may do. Now of the tips coming. in, Adante, how does law enforcement. actually sort through which ones are. genuine? Do they cor do they try to have. a team that corroborates all these. accounts? How do they even go through. it? assuming they're getting a lot of. information right now.

>> They're certainly going to prioritize. the leads that are coming in and that. and they and if I were law enforcement. in my understanding in terms of the way. their investigations work, they're. certainly looking for corroboration. Law. enforcement is looking for anyone who's. calling in with tips or leads to have. some type of corroborating evidence. Be. it it's an email, a text message, a DM. that shows that they actually met up. with this person and or a picture, a. video of whatever the claimed item that. was taken. and obviously a story as to. how she would get access to that item.

which may expose that person to having. met her under less than prudent circum. circumstances i.e. through the only fans. page or perhaps on a date or something. like that. So person would have to think. through that in order to corroborate. what their claims are because law. enforcement gets tips all all law. enforcement receive tips all the time. but they're not looking for any tip. they're looking for tips that actually. have some substance and corroboration. Two points I wanted to get to. The. anonymous tip line. Someone may be able. to put a tip in anonymously, but.

wouldn't they ultimately have to testify. or provide information in some capacity? I mean, wouldn't their identities get. out there, or am I not thinking about it. the right way? >> You are thinking about it the correct. way. And uh having uh represented many. people in criminal cases throughout the. state of California and in in federal. cases too, I know full and well that. anonymous tip lines are the furthest. thing from anonymous if the police are. interested in your information. So yes, a person may come forward and give an. anonymous tip. But in order for the.

police to actually prosecute someone on. that tip, that tipster will likely need. to participate in the criminal. prosecution because a defendant has a. right to confront their accuser, which. means that accuser would need to come to. court and face the person that they're. accusing in a court of law. >> Now, before we wrap things up, obviously. we don't know what potential charges she. may face here. We talked about before. there could be more of a concrete. simplified case if you're talking about. a paper trail, particularly for alleged. fraud. But in cases like this, and I'm.

sure you've seen them before, what are. typical defenses? Um, if you're talking. about, you know, a honey trap, you're. talking about somebody who's allegedly. taking advantage of men for money or. women for money. Is it, hey, they gave. me this money. Hey, it was I had an. allowance or or what what are potential. defense? I know it's a tough question. since we don't even know what the. charges are, what the evidence is. There. is no specific criminal case in line. right now with this. But what do you see. sometimes from a defense?

>> You see that look, I didn't take. anything. These things were given to me. These are gifts that were given to me. And now you have someone the. relationship has soured or perhaps their. significant other has found out that. they've been giving me gifts or doing. nice things for me. And so they're. looking to cover up what they did by. saying, "I took it. I stole from them. I. don't have permission to have these. items." And so that's the typical. defense that you see. Or you're saying, "Hey, I don't even know this person.". And there's no trail to show that I do.

or that I was with them at the time that. they claimed the theft occurred. So. you're looking at a connection. And then. you're also saying, "Well, if I have it, I was given this stuff. These are items. gifted to me.". >> Yeah. And to be clear, what we've been. talking about are allegations that are. being presented more in the media than. in a court of law. We don't know what. the evidence would be that she was using. credit cards or stealing stuff. These. are accounts. I don't know what the. evidence is, but I don't know. Pretty uh. pretty interesting story to say the. least. Uh Dante Pointer, thanks so much. for taking the time. Appreciate it. >> Thanks for having me. Look forward to.

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