Andrew Tate can have over $2.5 million seized from him in tax dispute, British court says
Live MintLONDON — A British court ruled Wednesday that police can seize more than 2 million pounds to cover years of unpaid taxes from influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan. At Westminster Magistrates’ Court, chief magistrate Paul Goldspring ruled that financial transactions by the brothers, including transferring $12 million into an account in the name of J, were a “straightforward cheat” of the tax authorities. A lawyer for the force said that the Tates were “serial” tax evaders who failed to pay any tax on 21 million pounds in revenue from their online businesses, including War Room, Hustlers’ University, Cobra Tate and OnlyFans, between 2014 and 2022. At a hearing in July, attorney Sarah Clarke quoted from a video posted online by Andrew Tate, in which he said: “When I lived in England I refused to pay tax.” A lawyer for the brothers, Martin Evans, argued that the bank transfers were “entirely orthodox” for people who run online businesses.