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Andrew Tate (l) and his brother, Tristan Tate
Police can seize more than £2m from controversial influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan after they failed to pay tax on £21m of revenue from their online businesses, a court has ruled.
Devon and Cornwall Police had sought to seize the funds – held in seven frozen bank accounts – from the brothers and a third person, referred to as J.
The chief magistrate at Westminster Magistrates’ Court said what appeared to be a “complex financial matrix” was actually a “straightforward cheat of the revenue”.
Andrew Tate said the ruling was “not justice” and called it a “co-ordinated attack”.
Some of the revenue was directly linked by detectives to allegations of human trafficking that the brothers face in Romania.
The court previously heard the brothers had paid just under $12m (£9.5m) into an account in J’s name.
Who is Andrew Tate? The self-proclaimed misogynist influencerThey had also opened a second account in her name, even though she had no role in their online businesses, which include the War Room, Hustlers’ University, Cobra Tate and OnlyFans, the hearing was told.
Part of the money that police applied to seize was cryptocurrency held in an account in J’s name.
Devon and Cornwall Police’s lawyers told the court that Andrew Tate had publicly declared he had not paid tax in the UK, and that his approach had been to “ignore, ignore, ignore because in the end they go away”.
The force had argued that the brothers’ traceable earnings of £21m between 2014 and 2022 seemingly came about despite the men having “no significant qualifications, business experience, established companies, shares, intellectual property or similar assets”.
Ruling in the force’s favour
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