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Hunt for Laguna’s Crypto: Court Seized Binance Wallets and Revolut, Wise and Bank Accounts in the “Delta Bank” Case
In the case of large-scale siphoning of funds from Delta Bank, investigators reached cryptocurrency and electronic money. The matter concerns dozens of accounts and wallets through which, according to law enforcement, funds linked to the bank’s former owner Mykola Lagun may have passed.
A judge of the Holosiivskyi District Court of Kyiv granted a motion from a prosecutor of the Office of the Prosecutor General and imposed an arrest on cryptocurrency and electronic money. Seized were Binance wallets, Revolut, Wise and Monese cards, as well as accounts at Erste Bank and the Turkish Ziraat Bankasi.
Criminal proceeding No. 42026000000000563 was opened on 4 May 2026 under part 3 of article 209 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine – legalization of property obtained by criminal means, in an especially large amount.
According to the investigation, in 2012–2015 years the chairman of the supervisory board and the beneficial owner of Delta Bank, together with members of the supervisory board, the management board and the credit committee, organized a lending system that had no normal economic rationale.
The investigation says loans were issued to legal entities connected by common founders’ addresses. Preferential conditions were used, and loan collateral was insufficient or fictitious.
The prosecutor’s office believes the purpose of these operations was not to generate profit for the bank but to cover old loans and subsequently withdraw funds through non-resident banks.
The investigation estimates the damages to the state, represented by the Deposit Guarantee Fund, at approximately ₴22,8 billion.
According to the motion, after withdrawal the funds were laundered through purchases of land, real estate, corporate rights in Ukrainian and foreign companies, securities and vehicles. Assets, investigators allege, were registered to nominal owners both in Ukraine and abroad.
Among Ukrainian assets law enforcement names more than 300 hectares of agricultural land and plots for development in Kyiv, Ivano-Frankivsk and Chernihiv regions. The materials also mention residential and commercial real estate in Kyiv and possible interests in real estate in occupied Crimea.
The scheme description in the investigation’s materials echoes public information about Delta Bank’s former owner Mykola Lagun.
On 20 September 2025 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 provide, in particular, for asset freezes, restrictions on trade operations and a ban on capital outflows. An exception was made for settlements with the Deposit Guarantee Fund and the State Mortgage Institution.
Lagun was previously declared wanted in the case of withdrawing more than $76,5 million from Delta Bank. Since 2024 he has been internationally wanted, and according to media reports, he effectively lives abroad.
Delta Bank was declared insolvent in March 2015. At the same time, the Deposit Guarantee Fund filed a commercial suit for ₴22,8 billion against persons associated with the bank. That case is still pending on appeal.
However, investigators claim that after sanctions were imposed, financial activity related to these assets did not stop.
According to operational data, a back office allegedly continues to operate in Kyiv where former Delta Bank employees manage finances of Ukrainian and foreign companies formally registered to other people.
Investigators say renting land plots, housing and commercial real estate brings in at least $200 thousand in cash monthly, and these incomes are not reflected in tax records.
Law enforcement says part of the money is then converted into cryptocurrency and transferred to wallets of trusted persons. Another part is reinvested in real estate.
These financial channels are precisely what the court has now seized.
The seizure covered crypto wallets of eight individuals on the Binance exchange, which the case materials link to Nest Exchange, Nest Clearing and Custody, and Nest Trading Limited. Some subjects had two or three accounts, others five or six.
Separately, a Revolut card issued to one of these individuals was blocked, as were Wise, Monese, Erste Bank and Ziraat Bankasi accounts directly registered to the person the investigation considers the scheme’s organizer.
On 20 July 2026 the investigator recognized these funds as material evidence.
Earlier, media repeatedly reported that after moving to Vienna and formally stepping back from Ukrainian affairs, Lagun, according to their reports, continues to control a number of assets in Ukraine.
This includes, in particular, land tracts for recreational development in Kyiv, Chernihiv and Ivano-Frankivsk regions, as well as real estate in occupied Crimea.
According to media, Lagun is helped in managing projects in Ukraine by a back office headed by Maksym Chernov. Also mentioned is the law firm Biright Advocacy, associated with Denys Tarasiuk — the former director of Delta’s legal department.
Thus, the investigation is effectively trying to trace the entire financial chain — from Delta Bank’s lending operations and the alleged withdrawal 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 according to the law.
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