British police accuse Andrew Tate and Tristan Tate of evading £21 million in tax between 2014-2022

Notorious social media star Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan Tate are in hot soup following accusations of tax evasion. The streamers have been accused by the British police of evading taxes on more than £21 million of earnings from their various businesses.

The civil claim against the duo was charged on Monday by the Devon and Cornwall Police. A third person, referred to only as “J”, has also been mentioned. The trio has been accused of not paying taxes on their revenue across any country throughout 2014 and 2022.

At the Westminster Magistrates' Court, Sarah Clarke, who is the 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."

The police aim to recover the £2.8 million that is currently in seven frozen bank accounts.

According to Clarke, the complaint was filed based on a few videos featuring Andrew Tate, where the social media personality has bragged about not paying taxes. Clarke quoted one such video as evidence where Tate had said:

"When I lived in England I refused to pay tax."

Sarah Clarke also revealed that the revenue had been distributed in several bank accounts in the UK, all of which have been blocked now. She told the court:

"That's what tax evasion looks like, that's what money laundering looks like."

According to the complaint, the Tate brothers have deposited around $12 million into an account in the unnamed defendant J's name. The revenue was from the Tate brothers’ many businesses, including Hustlers' University, War Room, and Cobra Tate. The first account, opened in February 2019, had J’s name with an incorrect date of birth. They opened another account in her name shortly after, despite her lack of involvement in any of their businesses.

The prosecution also revealed that most of the payments of the accounts under J’s name went to Andrew Tate. She had removed a substantial amount of money from this account using Revolut, with one payment amounting to £805,000. Out of this, £495,000 was allegedly given to the older Tate, and £75,000 was added to another account in J’s name that was later converted to cryptocurrency.

The case has currently been adjourned till Tuesday (July 9, 2024) and Chief Magistrate Paul Goldspring will preside over the hearing.

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Andrew Tate has mentioned tax evasion as his go-to tactic several times in many of his videos

In the video in question, Andrew Tate, while in conversation with two others, had confessed that while his taxes were in order in Romania, where he currently stays, he had refused to pay taxes in the UK, since they were allegedly 40% of the revenue. Andrew Tate confessed that his go-to-method was to "ignore, ignore, ignore, because in the end, they go away".

According to Andrew Tate, the above tactic was an example of “how far you can get as an individual” if you only refuse to “comply.”

In yet another video, Tate revealed he used certain platforms because they paid him in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, which are not taxable.

While the ongoing case against the Tate brothers may be a civil one, they are currently also facing several criminal charges in the UK over allegations of sexual offense. They were also accused of human trafficking and exploitation of women by a court in Romania.

All the charges have been repeatedly denied by the siblings.