Sarah Clarke KC & Aaron Rathmell successfully act in the Tate Brothers £2.6 million forfeiture case
20th December 2024
Tate Brothers £2.6 million forfeiture case: the Senior District Judge (Chief Magistrate) for England and Wales has today allowed the application of the Chief Constable of Devon & Cornwall Police, for proceeds of crime forfeiture orders against the bank and crypto-currency accounts of Andrew and Tristan Tate. The total sum forfeited was the total sum applied for, over £2.6 million.
The successful Chief Constable was represented by Sarah Clarke KC and Aaron Rathmell, who argued the case on the basis that the frozen funds were part of a longstanding and sophisticated tax evasion and money laundering arrangement effected through a complex web of accounts. Part of the evidence relied on included YouTube videos of Andrew Tate in which he explained why he refuses to pay tax.
The Judgment concluded “I am satisfied on the balance of probabilities that they [the Tate brothers] have engaged in long-standing, deliberate conduct in order to evade their tax/VAT liabilities”, part of a picture of “overall criminality of deliberate and dishonest cheat of the revenue”. The case is being reported extensively by UK and international media.
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