Britain's Serious Fraud Office discovered that present residence of Vijay Mallya in London, 'Lady Walk', was bought using Indian taxpayers' money routed through companies located in UK. Mallya paid ₹39.7 crore from Kingfisher Airline's HSBC account in London to a British company for the house. Nearly ₹242 crore was also transferred from Kingfisher's Axis Bank account to its London accounts.