In an attempt to cover up the deed, the lawyer then alerted police that the money had been stolen from a flat he rented in Moscow. However, the police suspected that the robbery had been staged. After the pensioners themselves turned to the police claiming that Skoblikov had stolen their money, the lawyer was placed in custody.

Currently, the police have to recount the fortune and will hand it over to the legal owners after the court’s decision on the criminal case.

Meanwhile, Skoblikov’s wife has openly spoken out in defense of her husband. She does not believe her husband was capable of robbery, despite the fact he has admitted to the crime, reports Russian newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda.

“Somebody might have contributed to my husband taking the blame upon himself”, says the woman, as reported by Komsomolskaya Pravda.

According to the newspaper, the Rovbels are shocked concerning all the gossip about their family. Everybody in their home city of Novosibirsk is spreading rumors about how their son had earned so much money. They have remained in their flat and refuse to speak to anybody.

Originally, the pensioners wanted to spend the money on a children’s center.