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In the Delta Bank case, investigators have reached cryptocurrency and electronic money. The story concerns dozens of accounts and wallets through which, according to law enforcement, funds related to former bank owner Mykola Lagun could have passed.
A investigative judge of the Holosiivskyi district court of Kyiv granted the prosecutor from the Office of the Prosecutor General’s Office’s motion and ordered a seizure of cryptocurrency and electronic money. Wallets on Binance, Revolut, Wise, and Monese cards, as well as accounts at Erste Bank and Turkey’s Ziraat Bankasi, were put under seizure.
Criminal proceedings ¹42026000000000563 were opened on 4 May 2026 of the 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 chairman of the supervisory board and substantial owner of Delta Bank, together with members of the supervisory board, the management, and the credit committee, organized a lending system that did not have normal economic sense.
Loans, according to the investigation, were issued to legal entities connected with each other by common founders’ addresses. At the same time, favorable terms were used, and collateral for the loans was insufficient or fictitious.
Prosecutors believe the aim of such operations was not the bank’s profit, but to cover old loans and subsequently withdraw funds through banks that are non-residents.
The state, via the Deposit Guarantee Fund for Individual Depositors, estimates the losses at approximately ₴22,8 billion.
According to the materials of the motion, after funds were withdrawn, they were laundered through the acquisition of land, real estate, corporate rights of Ukrainian and foreign companies, securities, and cars.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 false persons both in Ukraine and abroad.
Among Ukrainian assets, law enforcement names more than 300 hectares of agricultural land and parcels for development in Kyiv, Ivano-Frankivsk, and Chernihiv regions. It also mentions residential and commercial real estate in Kyiv and possible interests in real estate in occupied Crimea.
The description of the scheme in the investigative materials echoes public data about the former Delta Bank owner Mykola Lagun.
20 September 2025 of the year, the National Security and Defense Council imposed sanctions on him for a term of 10 years. The corresponding decree was signed by the President of Ukraine. The sanctions include, in particular, asset blocking, restrictions on trading operations, and a prohibition on capital outflows. An exception was made for settlements with the Deposit Guarantee Fund and the State Mortgage Institution.
Earlier Lagun was wanted in the case of withdrawing from Delta Bank more than $76,5 million. Since 2024 year he has been on international wanted list, and, according to media reports, effectively lives abroad.
Delta Bank was declared insolvent in March 2015 year. Parallelly, the Deposit Guarantee Fund filed an economic claim for ₴22,8 billion against individuals associated with the bank. This case is still under appeal.
However, as the investigation claims, after sanctions were imposed, financial activity related to these assets did not stop.
According to operational data, in Kyiv a back office allegedly continues to operate, where former Delta Bank employees handle finances of Ukrainian and foreign companies, formally registered to other people.
According to the investigation, renting land plots, housing, and commercial real estate brings at least $200 thousand cash per month, and these incomes are not reflected in tax records.
Further, the funds, according to law enforcement, are partially converted into cryptocurrency and transferred to wallets of trusted persons. The rest of the funds are reinvested in real estate.
These financial channels have now come under court seizure.
Seizure was imposed on the crypto wallets of eight people on the Binance exchange, linked in the case materials to Nest Exchange, Nest Clearing and Custody, and Nest Trading Limited. Some defendants had two or three accounts, others five to six.
Separately, the Revolut card issued to one of these individuals was blocked, as well as the Wise, Monese, Erste Bank, and Ziraat Bankasi accounts that were directly in the name of the person the investigation regards as the organizer of the scheme.
20 July 2026 of the year, the investigating judge recognized these funds as tangible evidence.
Meanwhile, media previously reported repeatedly that after Lagun’s move to Vienna and formal withdrawal from Ukrainian affairs, he continues to control a number of assets in Ukraine according to them.
In particular, land plots for recreational development in Kyiv, Chernihiv, and Ivano-Frankivsk regions, as well as real estate in occupied Crimea.
According to media data, Lagun’s project management in Ukraine is aided by a back office led by Maksym Chernovyi. Also mentioned is the law firm Bright Advocasy, which is associated with Denys Tarasyuk – former director of the Delta’s legal department.
Thus, the investigation effectively seeks to trace the entire financial chain—from Delta Bank’s lending operations and the probable outflow of billions of hryvnias to real estate, cash, and cryptocurrency wallets. At the same time, all stated circumstances are the investigation’s version and must be proven in the manner prescribed by law.
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