Andrew Tate: Police may seize more than $3M in unpaid taxes from Tate brothers – National
A British court on Wednesday ruled that police can seize more than 2.6 million pounds (US$3.3 million) in back taxes from promoter Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan.
Devon and Cornwall Police went to court to claim the money, which was kept in seven bank accounts, from the Tates and a woman identified as J.
At Westminster Magistrates' Court, Chief Magistrate Paul Goldspring ruled that the brothers' financial dealings, including the transfer of almost $12 million to an account in J's name, was a “direct deception” of the tax authorities.
A lawyer for the force said the Tates were “consistent” tax evaders who failed to pay any tax on £21m of income from their online businesses, which include War Room, Hustlers' University, Cobra Tate and OnlyFans. between 2014 and 2022.
Andrew Tate, 38, accused the government of “outright theft” by closing his accounts and seizing “everything they could.”
“This is not justice; it is a concerted attack on anyone who dares to challenge the system,” said Tate in a statement. “This raises serious questions about the lengths to which the authorities will go to end the conflict.”
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At the hearing in July, lawyer Sarah Clarke quoted from a video posted online by Andrew Tate, in which he said: “When I lived in England I refused to pay taxes.”
He said that J – who cannot be identified due to the court's decision – was not connected with the brothers' businesses.
The brothers' lawyer, Martin Evans, argued that the bank transfer was “absolutely religious” for people running online businesses. He said the brothers spent money buying “cars from other countries,” but they did not do anything against the law.
Tort trials, 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 an estimated total of 2,683,345.88 pounds (about $3.4 million) held in seven accounts that police can still seize.
Andrew Tate is a former kickboxer and British-American citizen who has 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 lewd comments.
She and Tristan Tate, 36, face criminal charges in Romania, including human trafficking and forming a gang to exploit women. It is expected that they will be returned to the UK once these allegations are over to face other allegations of rape and human trafficking.
The Tates deny all these allegations.
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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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