Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan have had more than £2million seized by police amid claims over unpaid tax, the Chief Magistrate at Westminster Magistrates’ Court has ruled.
Devon and Cornwall Police has been successful in its bid to seize the money held in seven frozen bank accounts, from the Tates and a woman identified only as J.
Chief Magistrate Paul Goldspring ruled in favour of the force in a judgment handed down today.
In July at an earlier hearing, Sarah Clarke KC, representing the force, told the court that the brothers are “serial tax and VAT evaders”.
More than £2 million from controversial influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan has been seizedGettyIt was claimed that the brothers paid no tax in any country on £21million revenue from businesses online - including War Room, Hustlers' University, Cobra Tate, and OnlyFans - earned from 2014 to 2022.
Clarke quoted from a video posted online by Andrew, in which he said: “When I lived in England I refused to pay tax.”
The court heard that Andrew's approach was to “ignore, ignore, ignore because in the end, they go away”.
Police said that the brothers paid just under $12million into an account in the name of J, and also opened a second account in her name, despite her having no role in their businesses.
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Andrew Tate (L) and Tristan Tate (R)GETTYShe also received a payment of £805,000 into her Revolut account, the court heard.
Clarke said that money was “washed around UK bank accounts” to create a “spaghetti trail” to make it impossible to figure out what was owed to the tax man.
“That’s what tax evasion looks like, that’s what money laundering looks like,” she told the court.
Andrew Tate said in a statement that the ruling “is not justice” and claimed it was a “co-ordinated attack”.
The statement said: “First, they labelled me a human trafficker, yet they couldn’t find a single woman to stand against me.
“When that narrative crumbled, they turned to outright theft — freezing my accounts for more than two years and now seizing everything they could.
“This is not justice; it’s a co-ordinated attack on anyone who dares to challenge the system.
“Speak against the Matrix, and they’ll come for your freedom, your reputation, and your livelihood.
“This raises serious questions about the lengths authorities will go to silence dissent.”
The former kickboxer and social media influencer is awaiting trial in Romania, on charges that include human trafficking, rape and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women.
Andrew Tate is a self-proclaimed misogynist Getty ImagesTate was indicted in mid-2023 alongside his brother Tristan and two Romanian female suspects.
Romania's anti-crime agency, DIICOT, has been investigating allegations including trafficking of minors, engaging in sexual acts with a minor and forming an organised criminal group.
The investigation involves 35 alleged victims, including one who was reportedly 15 years old at the time.
All four defendants have consistently denied the allegations made against them.
