BBC News, South West
EPA-FE/Rex/ShuttockA total of £ 180,000 has been seized from Andrew Tate by Devon and Cornwall Police, which is on the deposits placed on an Aston Martin Supercar.
Westminster Magistrate Court heard on Thursday Controversial British-American In 2021, a special-sanskriting paid the deposit amount for the Valhala vehicle.
Cash tax evasion and money laundering, the force said, which received the orders for the account cold and seizure under the workdays. Tate and his brother Triston did not oppose the orders.
The amount can be added to £ 2.7m fund Bal seized by force in December 2024 The same court ruled that they failed to pay tax on online businesses on £ 21m revenue.
In that case some revenue was directly associated with allegations of human trafficking by detectives, which are facing brothers in Romania.
‘No tax payment’
On behalf of the Devon and Cornwal police, Sara Clarke Casey told the judge on Thursday that there were funds used to pay supercar deposits and the earnings of theft and money laundering.
He said the funds deposited with Aston Martin had originally from a coinbase Cryptocurrency account, organized several cryptocurrency purchased with funds obtained from the business activities of Tate Brothers.
He said that no tax or VAT was paid on money.
Date Cipt John Bancroft of Dewon and Cornwall Police said: “This latest decision is from our applications made against Tate Brothers, resulting in a successful decision in December 2024 and seized about £ 2.7M criminal funds.
“From the very beginning we set a target to showcase that Andrew and Triston Tate developed their tax obligations and put money. We were successful in the same way and we have succeeded again this week.
“People in Devon and Cornwall will benefit from seized funds and will be re -established to help prevent crime, help victims and weak people and promote good causes.”
He said that the result has shown how the police will continue to chase all criminal money without any fear or favor “.
