Romanian prosecutors ask to grab properties, 15 luxurious automobiles, 14 watches, and bitcoin value $560K from Andrew Tate

• Romania formally charged Andrew Tate on Tuesday, on counts of rape and human trafficking.
• Officers requested to grab 15 properties, 15 luxurious automobiles, 14 watches and bitcoin value $560,000.
• Tate has been beneath home arrest since March.

Romanian prosecutors requested to grab 15 properties, 15 luxurious automobiles, 14 watches and bitcoin value $560,000 from Andrew Tate as a part of indictment on rape expenses.

Romania’s Directorate for the Investigation of Organized Crime and Terrorism introduced Tuesday that Tate had been charged with rape and human trafficking, per a press launch.

The announcement moved ahead the case which burst into view in late final yr with Tate’s arrest.

Tate, a social media influencer greatest recognized for his misogynistic messaging, was arrested in December and positioned in a Romanian jail whereas DIICOT investigated human-trafficking and sexual assault allegations in opposition to him. He has been beneath home arrest since March.

The indictment contains Tate, his brother Tristan Tate, and two associates, all of whom face the identical expenses. The indictment additionally names seven victims who had been recruited by way of the “loverboy technique,” the BBC reported — utilizing guarantees of affection and marriage to control ladies into intercourse work.

Tate’s belongings that DIICOT has requested to grab contains simply over 21 bitcoin, which per Insider’s figures has a present value of $562,050, a DIICOT spokesperson confirmed to Insider.

Some auto-translate software program, together with Google Translate, erroneously urged {that a} a lot bigger quantity value $384 million had been seized, attributable to an error in intepreting the unique Romanian.

The BBC reported that the trial is anticipated to final a number of years, and a Romanian choose has 60 days to view all of the proof earlier than then. 

Tate’s spokesperson informed the BBC: “We embrace the chance it presents to exhibit their innocence.”