Indian authorities said that the investigation found that Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi group illegally remitted money to foreign entities by pretending to pay copyright fees, and the authorities have detained $725 million from Xiaomi group’s local bank account in India. Reuters reported that the Law Enforcement Bureau of India’s financial crime crackdown agency has been investigating the commercial behavior of Xiaomi group suspected of violating India’s foreign exchange law.

The law enforcement bureau pointed out that after discovering that Xiaomi Technology India Private Limited has remitted the foreign currency equivalent to rs. 55.5 billion to three overseas entities including Xiaomi group in the name of paying copyright fees, it has seized the company’s bank account assets.

“Such a huge amount of money in the name of copyright fees was remitted in accordance with the instructions of their parent group in China,” the law enforcement bureau said in a statement today

Xiaomi group did not immediately respond to Reuters’ inquiry, but previously said that Xiaomi group “cooperates with the ongoing investigation of the authorities to ensure that the authorities have all the necessary information”.

The action of the Indian law enforcement agency represents the expansion of the scope of the review of the Xiaomi group. In another investigation by the authorities, the Indian Office of the Xiaomi group was raided and searched last December for suspected tax evasion.

In addition, the law enforcement bureau also asked the company to provide foreign capital, shareholding and financing model, financial statements and information about the key executives operating the business.