The Management Of Zepter Bank Has Been Detained.

• 1.11.2025, 16:26

They were searched.

The Financial Investigation Department of the State Control Committee searched the managers of the private Zepter Bank and arrested the bank's chairman of the board Alexander Ignatov, as well as one of his deputies, "Nasha Niva" reports.

The arrests took place earlier this week, with Oleksandr Ignatov last seen in messengers on October 26.

What the meaning of the claims against the bank's representatives is still unknown. But according to journalists, the searches took place as part of the investigation into criminal cases against Vladimir Sirotko and other Softclub managers, who were detained in the second half of October on charges of tax evasion and bribery.

Zepter Bank is a small commercial bank owned by a Swiss holding company. At the end of September 2025, 103 million rubles of customers were lying in Zepter's accounts, with a total of 168 million rubles on the bank's balance sheet. The bank finished three quarters of this year with 4 million rubles in profit.

Alexander Ignatov has been the head of the bank since 2023, before that he worked in other banks and started his career in the National Bank.

Sources of journalists talk about "heavy sentiment" in other commercial and state-owned banks, which were clients of Softclub - a leading provider of solutions for banks in the domestic market. Rumors are circulating about the detention of other bankers as well.