Andrew Tate forced to pay back £2,000,000 to police over unpaid tax
More than £2million has been seized from Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan.
It is over claims the brothers owe millions in unpaid tax from their online businesses, Westminster Magistrates Court has ruled.
The money is held in seven frozen bank accounts, from the Tates and a woman identified only as J.
They paid under $12 million into an account in the name of J, and opened a second account in her name, but she had no role in their businesses.
Andrew Tate hit out at the ruling and said it ‘is not justice’ and claimed it was a ‘co-ordinated attack’.
Chief magistrate Paul Goldspring said it appeared to be a ‘complex financial matrix’ which was actually a ‘straightforward cheat of the revenue’.
Some of the money was cryptocurrency held in an account in J’s name.
In a statement issued after the ruling, Andrew Tate 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.’
A spokesman for Devon and Cornwall Police, added: ‘Devon & Cornwall Police acknowledges the determination of Senior District Judge Goldspring and his decision to grant the force’s application.
‘From the outset we have aimed to demonstrate that Andrew and Tristan Tate evaded taxes and laundered money through bank accounts located in Devon.
‘The investigation focuses on substantial earnings accrued between 2014 and 2022, during which we believe no tax or VAT was paid on those funds.
‘Furthermore, both individuals are alleged to have concealed the origins of their income by channelling money through ‘front’ accounts, constituting criminal activity and rendering those earnings proceeds of crime.
‘We will refrain from further comment until the 28-day appeal period has concluded.’
An earlier hearing in July heard that the brothers are ‘serial tax and VAT evaders’.
The court heard how Tate’s approach was to ‘ignore, ignore, ignore because in the end they go away’.
Sarah Clarke KC for Devon and Cornwall Police said: ‘Andrew Tate and Tristan Tate are serial tax and VAT evaders. They, in particular Andrew Tate, are brazen about it.’
It was also heard in July how J received a payment of £805,000 into her Revolut account.
The brothers also face a series of separate, criminal allegations in Romania, and are set to be extradited to the UK.
The pair accused of human trafficking and forming a criminal gang to exploit women in one case in Romania, in which Andrew Tate is also accused of rape.
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