NYC convicted felon looking for love on Tinder before prison lockdown

A convicted felon is making a last ditch stab at finding love before heading off to the slammer — and he’s not shy about letting suitors know that the clock is ticking to swipe right.

“I’m here to meet and talk to people. I am going to federal prison July 24 for 10 months. I’m being honest and not hiding anything. If you like to know me message me,” Dimitrios Lymberatos explains on his Tinder profile.

The 37-year-old Queens pharmacist was convicted this year of healthcare fraud and money laundering, and is set to spend the next three years in a medium security federal prison.

As if getting ready for prison life isn’t hard enough — dating has been even trickier, Lymberatos told The Post.

“It’s been a little difficult because I am on an ankle bracelet. So wearing the comfortable clothes is a little difficult. And the timing that people want to go on dates is a little hard,” Lymberatos said, noting his 9:30 p.m. curfew from the court. “The last date I went on was maybe three weeks ago. We went to go eat and then we went back to my house and made coffee.”

Lymberatos, who is gay, said he joined Tinder a few months ago after previously being in a relationship for seven years.

The pharmacist said his perfect man would be “educated” and “with a personality.”

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The chisel-jawed first generation Greek, who lives in Flushing, is a workout warrior who peppered his profile with snaps of himself mugging for the camera from the gym, or shirtless in his bedroom.

He lists himself as sober and looking for a monogamous long term partner, with interests such as “self-care,” “cooking” and “working out.” Justin Bieber’s 2020 song “Intentions” is his personal anthem.

“Can’t stand Debbie downers. Someone who’s able to make fun of themselves,” his profile reads.

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Inquiries have been mostly positive — with some even intrigued about life with a con.

“I think people’s fantasies are driven by their ideologies of what they think is attractive. So someone in my situation, you don’t really see.” 

But he has no plans to date from among the other 978 inmates at the US Penitentiary in Lewisburg — and would rather a classier pool of eligible bachelors.

“God forbid. Who knows what diseases these people have,” Lymberatos said.

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Pharmacies dispensing controlled substances must register with the US Drug Enforcement Agency, and Lymberatos came under scrutiny in 2020 after the DEA found discrepancies in his application, authorities said. He ultimately pleaded guilty to five counts including conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering and obstruction of justice.

His lawyers say Lymberatos could be out within a year if he keeps his head down while behind bars.

Lymberatos said he was done with the pharmacy business and planned to explore acting or motivational speaking once his sentence is up.

He published a self-help book, “Greek Thinking,” in January 2021.

“I am more than just a convicted felon,” he insisted. “I feel terrible for what I did,” Lymberatos told The Post, adding that he committed his crimes while suffering with a painkiller addiction.

“This is not the person I am.”