Police have seized £180,000 from Andrew Tate after a court heard he paid the money for a special edition Aston Martin through tax evasion and money laundering.
Devon and Cornwall Police obtained account freezing and forfeiture orders at Westminster Magistrates’ Court for the Valhalla supercar deposit.
The funds add to almost £2.7m of criminal assets seized from Mr Tate and his brother Tristan since December 2024.
The police action was submitted to the court on the same basis as previous applications made by the force last year.
At that time, Judge Goldspring said in his judgment that he was satisfied of the “overall criminality of deliberate and dishonest cheat of the revenue”.
He added that the Tate brothers had “engaged in long-standing conduct to evade their tax”.
The pair had not opposed the action, the statement said.
Sarah Clarke KC, representing Devon & Cornwall Police, told the court the funds deposited with Aston Martin originally came from a Coinbase cryptocurrency account.
This account held multiple cryptocurrencies purchased with funds derived from the Tate brothers’ business activities. No tax or VAT had ever been paid on these funds, which had been laundered through the bank accounts that were the subject of the previous applications, the court heard.
In a statement, the force said the money will be distributed in line with the Proceeds of Crime Act and will benefit communities, victims of crime and vulnerable people, while the Treasury will receive 50 per cent to be spent on public services.
Detective Superintendent Jon Bancroft said: “This latest judgement follows on from our applications made against the Tate brothers which resulted in a successful ruling in December 2024 and the forfeiture of nearly £2.7 million of criminal funds.
“From the outset we aimed to demonstrate that Andrew and Tristan Tate evaded their tax obligations and laundered money. We succeeded in doing exactly that and we have succeeded again this week.
“This further successful outcome shows how we will relentlessly pursue all criminal funds without fear or favour.
“The public can have confidence that Devon & Cornwall Police has the expertise, skill and tenacity to combat financial crime and bring offenders to justice, no matter how complex the case.
“Our investigations do not have geographic boundaries and we will use legislation available to us – like the civil action under the Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) that we used in this case – to recover suspected criminal property. POCA allows police to hand over funds from unlawful activity and make excellent use of them in their communities.”
Mr Tate, a former professional kickboxer, faces a civil trial at the High Court next summer over claims of rape and sexual violence brought by four women.
