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Former Delta Bank owner Mykola Lagun is abroad and has been declared internationally wanted. The Deposit Guarantee Fund is seeking to recover 22,86 billion UAH from him and the former management. Investigators are probing the withdrawal of funds through offshore entities, nominee companies, real estate, and cryptocurrency. Assets linked to the banker, according to journalists’ estimates, generate up to $200 thousand in cash monthly.
During searches, hundreds of seals and documents of more than 200 foreign companies were seized, reports Komentari.
PJSC Delta Bank (EDRPOU 34047020) was established on 14 February 2006. Lagun controlled 70,6% of shares, Cargill — 29,4%. On 2 March 2015 the bank was declared insolvent. At the time of the collapse, individual deposits reached 31,5 billion UAH, corporate funds — 12,5 billion, the loan portfolio — 45 billion, NBU refinancing — 9,3 billion, government entities’ money — 8,4 billion. The Fund had to compensate 16,3 billion UAH; by February 2024 it had paid 15,9 billion.
In 2014 the bank purchased for 4,1 billion UAH about $535 million for 12 related entities, including operations through Baltic International Bank. Under a back-to-back mechanism, Delta funded offshore loans and, after nonrepayment, lost the collateral. Through Meinl Bank flowed $87,3 million, Bank Winter — $50 million. The total volume of operations through Meinl Bank, Bank Frick, East-West United and Bank Winter was $437,2 million.
The Fund is recovering 22 861 522 608 UAH in case No.910/21280/21. Defendants are Mykola and Antonina Lagun, Olena Popova, Vitalii Masiura, Denys Tarasiuk, Marcin Figlus, Valentyn Zasukha and Yaroslav Porokhniak. On 31 July 2024 the court denied the claim; the appeal was postponed until 24 November 2026, hearings closed due to banking secrecy. A separate Fund claim is 791,2 million UAH in case No.910/7338/19.
Criminal proceedings cover the withdrawal of $76,5 million, embezzlement of over 1,1 billion UAH and tax fraud. Case No.761/8406/23 concerns the transfer of $76,5 million to a nonresident. Proceeding No.761/25125/23 includes a loan to a related company of 450 million UAH, of which 200 million was repaid. On 22 October 2024 Lagun was declared internationally wanted in a tax case No.372/1505/23, proceeding No.12021000000000940, related to securities. In 2023 the banker attempted to file for personal bankruptcy with billion‑hryvnia debts to the NBU, Oshchadbank and Ukreximbank.
On 4 May 2026 a proceeding No.42026000000000563 was opened under part 3 of article 209 of the Criminal Code — legalization of criminal proceeds. Investigators are checking the registration to nominees of over 300 hectares of land in Kyiv, Chernihiv and Ivano‑Frankivsk regions, real estate, cars, securities and corporate rights in Ukraine, Poland and Cyprus.
Investigators link asset management to former bank employees Maksym Chernov, Denys Tarasiuk and Anna Hutsaliuk. Hutsaliuk controls 94% of Biright Advocacy (EDRPOU 41740126); Tarasiuk was previously a co‑owner; other participants are Iryna Tserva and Oleksii Huk. Over 2025 year the group reported 1,072 million UAH in revenue and 365,8 thousand UAH in loss. After sanctions, Agro Green Management (EDRPOU 45151539) on 30 July 2025 transferred from British PE Investments Limited to Tetiana Kuzub, then changed its name to Respen and its address to Kherson. On 11 August 2026 the court refused to arrest the rights of Respen and Biright Advocacy.
Searches at premises linked to Chernov and Tarasiuk yielded hundreds of seals, bank archives and documents of more than 200 nonresidents. Investigators froze the crypto wallets of eight people on Binance connected to Nest Exchange, Nest Clearing and Custody, Nest Trading Limited, Revolut cards and accounts at Wise, Monese, Erste Bank and Ziraat Bankasi. They are checking transfers of rental income into cryptocurrency with subsequent investment in real estate.
The court ruling in case No.752/18878/26 dated 11 August 2026 records the arrest of corporate rights: Concept Holding (39560773) — 235,69 million UAH, Krem-1 (36148777) — 169,51 million, Agalem (36425844) — 142,99 million, TM Holding (35921110) — 74,15 million, Aris fund (38518280) — 51,8 million. The amounts reflect the nominal value of the rights, not proven damages.
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