Dutch Court Orders Binance to Disclose Account Information Tied to $200,000 Dating Scam

A court in The Hague has ordered Binance to release the name and address of an account holder linked to a $200,000 (€186,000) dating scam, according to the Netherlands Times. The case involves a woman who was persuaded over the summer to invest in cryptocurrencies by someone she met on a dating app. What followed was a classic “pig butchering” scheme, where victims are gradually manipulated into making substantial investments before being defrauded. Following the woman’s police report in August, a Dutch digital forensic firm traced part of her stolen funds to a Binance account. The court ruled her favor, mandating Binance to provide the requested details within 14 days and to keep the account frozen for at least four weeks, allowing her time to consider legal action against the account holder.