Andrew and Tristan Tate have more than £2 MILLION seized by police over unpaid tax claims

More than £2 million from controversial influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan has been seized by police over claims they owe millions in unpaid tax, the Chief Magistrate has ruled at Westminster Magistrates’ Court.

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”.

It was claimed that the brothers paid no tax in any country on £21m 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”.

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.

Tate was indicted in mid-2023 alongside his brother Tristan and two Romanian female suspects.

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