Andrew Tate and brother Tristan ordered to forfeit £2million after losing tax battle with UK police
Share:
Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan have been ordered to forfeit more than £2million after losing a legal battle with police over their taxes. The controversial brothers were branded “serial tax and VAT evaders” after being accused of failing to pay money owed from their online businesses between 2014 and 2022.
Devon and Cornwall Police brought a case to Westminster magistrates court, arguing tax is owed on £21million of revenue from their online businesses including War Room, Hustlers’ University, Cobra Tate and OnlyFans. On Wednesday, Chief Magistrate Paul Goldspring ruled that police can seize money held in seven frozen bank accounts with ties to the brothers.
The judge said what appeared to be a “complex financial matrix” was actually a “straightforward cheat of the revenue”. In July at an earlier hearing, Sarah Clarke KC, representing the force, referenced 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 brothers are accused of paying just under $12million into an account in the name of a woman identified only as J, and opened a second account in her name, even though she had no role in their businesses.
Part of the £2.8million that Devon and Cornwall Police targeted is cryptocurrency held in an account in her name. J received a payment of £805,000 into her Revolut account, the court heard. Of this, £495,000 was paid to Andrew Tate, and £75,000 to an account in J’s name that was later converted to cryptocurrency, it is alleged.
