Andrew and Tristan Tate forced to pay more than £2m over ‘brazen’ tax evasion
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The social media influencer and his brother have been ordered to pay more than £2m after being accused of ‘brazen’ tax evasion. Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan have to forfeit more than £2m from seven frozen bank accounts after the brothers were accused of being “serial tax evaders” who have “not paid a penny” in tax on £21m in revenues.
![[Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan, left, speaking to the media in Bucharest, where he faces separate criminal charges]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/08/22/19/APTOPIX_Romania_Andrew_Tate_71276.jpg)
A judge ruled against the brothers after Devon and Cornwall Police brought a civil claim against the brothers and a third person referred to only as J over unpaid tax from their online businesses and OnlyFans accounts. The ruling comes after the force made a bid to claw back approximately £2.8m in unpaid taxes from seven frozen bank accounts linked to the brothers in a hearing at Westminster Magistrates’ Court in July.
![[Former professional kickboxer and controversial influencer Andrew Tate, centre, and his brother Tristan Tate, right]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/08/21/14/GettyImages-2071881391.jpg)
Sarah Clarke KC for Devon and Cornwall Police told the hearing: “Andrew Tate and Tristan Tate are serial tax and VAT evaders. They, in particular Andrew Tate, are brazen about it.”. It was claimed that they paid no tax in any country on £21m revenue from businesses online earned between 2014 and 2022.
Ms Clarke quoted from a video posted online by Andrew Tate, in which he said: “When I lived in England I refused to pay tax.”. The court heard he said his approach was “ignore, ignore, ignore because in the end they go away”. The former kickboxer and social media influencer is awaiting trial in Romania on separate criminal charges of human trafficking, rape and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women.
