MOSCOW, July 28 (RAPSI, Lyudmila Klenko) – A criminal case has been opened against a lawyer on suspicion of the attempt at fraud, press service of Russia’s Investigative Committee announced on Friday.

According to investigators, on July 26, the suspect received 4 million rubles ($67,300) from a woman living in the Voronezh Region for assistance in release of her husband from detention. The lawyer was arrested while receiving the money, the statement reads.

Investigators seized the money, questioned witnesses and inspected the scene of the incident. Investigation is underway.