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A Hague court has ordered the world's largest crypto exchange, Binance, to disclose the identity of the account holder who committed a fraud with digital assets for 186,000 euros (about $199,296).
The victim of the scammer was a woman who met him on a dating site. Some time after the communication, he convinced her to invest in cryptocurrencies. The woman agreed to transfer a total of €186,000 to him in six transactions, believing that she was transferring funds to a legitimate platform. When the depositor realized that she had been deceived, the fraudster had already fled with her money.
In August, the victim filed a police report and turned to the Dutch company DataExpert, which specializes in crimes with digital assets. The company's experts were able to trace that the fraudster transferred part of the stolen funds to Binance. After receiving this information, the victim asked Binance specialists to freeze the attacker's address and reveal his identity. Binance blocked this user's account, but refused to provide his personal data without a court order.
The Hague court ruled in favor of the woman, recognizing the seriousness of her financial losses. Binance is now required to provide the account holder's full name, address, and full asset statement within 14 days. The court explained that the victim has no other way to identify the fraudster, and the amount of stolen funds outweighs the exchange's concerns about the privacy of the user who committed the theft.
According to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (CAFC) and the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO), crypto scammers have increasingly practiced romantic dating and the "pig slaughter" scheme, gaining people's trust and convincing them to contribute a large sum of money to a dubious crypto project.
The victim of the scammer was a woman who met him on a dating site. Some time after the communication, he convinced her to invest in cryptocurrencies. The woman agreed to transfer a total of €186,000 to him in six transactions, believing that she was transferring funds to a legitimate platform. When the depositor realized that she had been deceived, the fraudster had already fled with her money.
In August, the victim filed a police report and turned to the Dutch company DataExpert, which specializes in crimes with digital assets. The company's experts were able to trace that the fraudster transferred part of the stolen funds to Binance. After receiving this information, the victim asked Binance specialists to freeze the attacker's address and reveal his identity. Binance blocked this user's account, but refused to provide his personal data without a court order.
The Hague court ruled in favor of the woman, recognizing the seriousness of her financial losses. Binance is now required to provide the account holder's full name, address, and full asset statement within 14 days. The court explained that the victim has no other way to identify the fraudster, and the amount of stolen funds outweighs the exchange's concerns about the privacy of the user who committed the theft.
According to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (CAFC) and the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO), crypto scammers have increasingly practiced romantic dating and the "pig slaughter" scheme, gaining people's trust and convincing them to contribute a large sum of money to a dubious crypto project.
