Andrew Tate: Police may seize more than $3 million in unpaid taxes from Tate brothers – National

A British court ruled Wednesday that police can seize more than 2.6 million pounds (US$3.3 million) to cover years of unpaid taxes from people who influence Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan.

Devon and Cornwall Police went to court to claim the money, which was held in seven frozen bank accounts, from Tates and a woman identified only as J.

At Westminster Magistrates’ Court, Chief Judge Paul Goldspring ruled that financial dealings by the brothers, including the transfer of almost $12 million to an account in J’s name, were a “straightforward deception” of the tax authorities.

A lawyer for the force said the Tates were “serial” tax evaders who failed to pay tax on £21m of income from their online businesses, including War Room, Hustlers’ University, Cobra Tate and OnlyFans, between 2014 and 2022.

Andrew Tate, 38, accused the government of “outright theft” for freezing his accounts and confiscating “everything they could”.

“This is not justice. it is a concerted attack on anyone who dares to challenge the system,” Tate said in a statement. “This raises serious questions about how far the authorities will go to silence dissent.”

At a hearing in July, barrister Sarah Clarke referred to a video posted online by Andrew Tate in which he said: “When I lived in England I refused to pay tax.”

He said J – who cannot be named due to a court order – had no connection to the brothers’ businesses.

A lawyer for the brothers, Martin Evans, argued that wire transfers were “totally orthodox” for people running online businesses. He said the brothers spent money on a number of “exotic cars” but did nothing illegal.

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The proceedings are civil, which have a lower standard of proof than criminal cases. Goldspring had to decide on the balance of probabilities whether the Tates had evaded tax.

Court documents show a total of £2,683,345.88 (about $3.4 million) is held in the seven accounts that police can now seize.

Andrew Tate is a former kickboxer and dual British-American citizen who has amassed more than 10 million followers on X. He has been banned from TikTok, YouTube and Facebook after the platforms accused him of posting hate speech and misogynistic comments.

He and Tristan Tate, 36, face criminal charges in Romaniaincluding human trafficking and forming a criminal gang to exploit women. They are due to be extradited to the UK once proceedings are completed to face further rape and human trafficking charges.

The Tates deny all charges.

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Associated Press writers Brian Melley in London and Stephen McGrath in Warwick, England contributed to this story.

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