BEIJING, Sept. 24-- Five managers of online video service Qvod will face prosecution on suspicion of spreading pornography on the Internet, Chinese police revealed on Wednesday.

The case concerning the Shenzhen-based Qvod Technology Co., Ltd. has been transferred to the prosecuting authorities for further investigation and prosecution, the Ministry of Public Security said in a statement.

Preliminary investigation found that the company, headed by Wang Xin, had spread a large amount of porn and pirated contents via the popular video player since the end of 2012 and made huge profits by charging users and advertisers.

The turnover of the company reached hundreds of million yuan, and Wang and other four suspects earned large sums, the statement said.

Wang and the other four suspects admitted these "criminal facts," it added.

Police arrested 10 suspects involved in the case in April, but Wang fled abroad. He was arrested on Aug. 7 in the Republic of Korea and repatriated to China on Aug. 8.