A federal judge in California determined on Wednesday that Apple (AAPL.O) would be referred to federal prosecutors for violating a U.S. court order that requires the iPhone manufacturer to allow more competition for software downloads and ways to pay in its profitable software store.

In an 80-page decision, Oakland U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers stated in a new tab that Apple had not complied with her previous injunction order, which had been ordered in an antitrust case filed by Epic Games, the company that makes “Fortnite.”

Gonzalez Rogers stated that she will send Apple to federal prosecutors to have its actions in the case investigated for criminal contempt.

A request for comment was not immediately answered by Epic or Apple. Apple was accused by Epic of overcharging for in-app purchases and suppressing competition for app downloads.

In 2021, Gonzalez Rogers determined that Apple had broken a California competition statute and mandated that the corporation provide developers more latitude in referring app customers to alternative payment methods.

Last year, Apple was unable to convince the US Supreme Court to overturn the order.

In March 2024, Epic Games informed the court that Apple was “blatantly” breaking the court’s ruling, among other things, by charging app developers a new 27% fee when Apple users buy apps from sources other than the App Store.

Epic Games claimed that to discourage non-Apple purchases, Apple also started displaying notifications alerting users to the possible risks of external links, labelling the company’s new approach “commercially unusable.”

At a previous hearing, Gonzalez Rogers argued that Apple’s App Store modifications served no purpose “other than to stifle competition.”