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In the case of a large-scale withdrawal of funds from Delta Bank, investigators turned to cryptocurrency and electronic money. It concerns dozens of accounts and wallets through which, according to law enforcement, funds connected with the former bank owner Mykola Lahun could have passed.
The investigative judge of the Holosiivskyi District Court of Kyiv granted the prosecutor of the Office of the General Prosecutor’s Office and imposed a seizure on cryptocurrency and electronic money. Wallets on Binance, Revolut cards, Wise and Monese, as well as accounts at Erste Bank and the Turkish Ziraat Bankasi were seized.
Criminal proceedings №42026000000000563 opened 4 on 2026 year under part 3 of Article 209 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine – legalization of property obtained by criminal means, in a particularly large size.
According to the investigation, in 2012–2015 years, the chair of the supervisory board and holder of a significant stake in Delta Bank, together with members of the supervisory board, the management and the credit committee, organized a lending system that did not have a normal economic sense.
Loans, according to the investigation, were issued to legal entities connected by common addresses of the founders. At the same time, favorable terms were used, and collateral for the loans was insufficient or fictitious.
The prosecutor's office believes that the aim of such operations was not profit for the bank, but to cover old loans and subsequently withdraw funds through non-resident banks.
The state, represented by the Deposit Guarantee Fund for Individuals' Deposits, is estimated to have losses of approximately ₴22,8 billion.
According to the motion materials, after funds were withdrawn, they were laundered through the acquisition of land, real estate, corporate rights of Ukrainian and foreign companies, securities, and cars. Assets, according to the investigation, were registered in the names of fakely acting individuals both in Ukraine and abroad.
Among Ukrainian assets, law enforcement names over 300 hectares of agricultural land and building plots in Kyiv, Ivano-Frankivsk and Chernihiv regions. There is also mention of residential and commercial real estate in Kyiv and possible interests in real estate objects in occupied Crimea.
The description of the scheme provided in the investigative materials echoes public data about the former Delta Bank owner Mykola Lahun.
20 September 2025 year the National Security and Defense Council imposed sanctions on him for 10 years. The corresponding decree was signed by the President of Ukraine. The sanctions include, in particular, asset freezes, restrictions on trade operations, and a prohibition on capital outflows. An exception was made for settlements with the Deposit Guarantee Fund and the State Mortgage Institution.
Earlier Lahun was wanted in the case of withdrawal from Delta Bank of more than $76,5 million. Since 2024 year he has been listed as internationally wanted, and, according to media reports, effectively lives abroad.
Delta Bank was declared insolvent in March 2015 year. At the same time the Deposit Guarantee Fund filed a commercial claim for ₴22,8 billion against persons associated with the bank. This case is still in the appellate stage.
However, as the investigation alleges, after sanctions were introduced, financial activity related to these assets did not cease.
According to operational data, a back office allegedly continues to operate in Kyiv, where former Delta Bank employees handle finances for Ukrainian and foreign companies formally registered under other people.
According to the investigation, renting plots of land, housing, and commercial real estate brings in at least $200 thousand cash per month, with these earnings not reflected in tax records.
Further, money, according to law enforcement, is partially converted into cryptocurrency and transferred to wallets of trusted individuals. The other portion of funds is reinvested into real estate.
These financial channels have now come under court seizure.
The seizure covers crypto wallets of eight individuals on the Binance exchange, connected in the case materials with Nest Exchange, Nest Clearing and Custody, and Nest Trading Limited. Some defendants had two or three accounts, others five–six.
Separately, a Revolut card issued to one of these individuals was blocked, as well as Wise, Monese, Erste Bank, and Ziraat Bankasi accounts, which are directly registered to the person whom the investigation regards as the organizer of the scheme.
20 July 2026 year the investigator recognized these funds as material evidence.
At the same time, media previously reported that after moving to Vienna and formally stepping back from Ukrainian affairs, Lahun allegedly continues to control a number of assets in Ukraine.
In particular, land banks for recreational development in Kyiv, Chernihiv and Ivano-Frankivsk regions, as well as real estate objects in occupied Crimea.
According to media, Lahun is assisted in managing projects in Ukraine by a back office headed by Maksym Chernovy. Also mentioned is the law firm Byteüt (Biraite) Advocaci, associated with Denys Tarasyuk – former director of Delta’s legal department.
Thus, the investigation effectively attempts to trace the entire financial chain – from Delta Bank's credit operations and the alleged multi-billion hryvnia outflow to real estate, cash, and cryptocurrency wallets. At the same time, all circumstances presented are the investigation’s version and must be proven in the established legal procedure.
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