 He was released from custody and placed under judicial control.In an interview with the daily Nice Matin in December 2018, Rybolovlev’s lawyer, Me Hervé Temime, criticised repeated violations of the investigation’s secrecy that he attributed to vested interests against Rybolovlev.He also stated that “the seriousness of the initial scam” was understated “because of the wealth” of Rybolovlev in what he described as an ostracism of rich Russians.