Prosecutors say the Tate brothers have maintained a collection of passports and hidden identities that could allow them to dodge legal proceedings — including one alias that appears lifted from the world of James Bond.
According to federal court filings, British investigators found evidence of a Mexican passport featuring Tristan Tate’s photograph and date of birth, but issued under the name Vladimir Scorpius.
The name Scorpius belongs to a fictional arms dealer and villain in the 1988 Bond novel Scorpius by John Gardner, who continued the 007 book series after the death of creator Ian Fleming.
Federal prosecutors allege Andrew Tate has been more open about the issue, discussing an “escape plan” and bragging about having several identities, saying: “I got 8 lives. 8 licenses and passports.”
His alleged document cache includes papers linked to the UK, US, Estonia, Nigeria, Poland and Vanuatu — the South Pacific island nation of about 340,000 people located roughly 1,000 miles east of Australia.
The claims were laid out in a newly filed US government document arguing against the brothers’ request for release on bond as they contest extradition to Britain.
The brothers were arrested in Miami last month after the UK’s Crown Prosecution Service announced new rape and sexual exploitation charges, bringing the case against them to 59 counts involving seven alleged victims.
Tristan, 38, and Andrew, 39 — a prominent Donald Trump supporter who has claimed to be friendly with the President’s youngest son, Barron, 20 — deny all allegations they face around the world.
Andrew and Tristan Tate maintained multiple passports and aliases to help them evade justice, according to federal prosecutors in new filings
Andrew and Tristan Tate are seen clad in orange jumpsuits appearing with their attorneys before judge Lauren Louis in Miami federal court in a court sketch on July 20
Lawyers for the siblings have dismissed suggestions they are a flight risk and say it would be impossible for them to hide because of their global fame.
But the government’s reply claims the Tates have so many aliases that their British counterparts have been ‘largely unsuccessful’ in tracking their global travel.
The filing includes posts and statements from Andrew Tate which, according to Feds, demonstrate his ‘intent to flee’ law enforcement.
On December 21, 2019, he allegedly posted on social media: ‘I have 5 passports. I also changed my name legally in 3 of the countries so that my passports all have completely different names.
‘I have had warrants out for my arrest and travelled freely. I am smarter than you… I am above the law.’
In August 2020, Andrew is said to have posted about being on the run from German and French police, describing how he escaped the ‘hot zone’ by taking a train to Eastern Europe.
The following April, he told followers they needed an ‘escape plan.’
Having access to an alias, an overseas penthouse, and $300,000 in cash made him ‘untouchable,’ Andrew is alleged to have written.
The Tates were arrested last month in Miami after the UK’s Crown Prosecution Service announced fresh rape and sexual exploitation charges
The latest filing opposes the Tate brothers’ request for bond, arguing they present both a flight risk and a danger to the public
That same year he claimed to have accumulated more passports and driving licenses, according to Feds, corresponding to ‘8 different Andrews.’
‘You can’t take my money. It’s EVERY WHERE,’ the ex-kickboxer allegedly posted.
‘It takes INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION to slow me down. And that’s rare.’
The filing says British authorities spotted an online post containing a photo of a Mexican passport bearing Tristan Tate’s photograph but issued under the name Vladimir Scorpius.
The fictional Scorpius is described as one of the ‘most fanatical and terrifying adversaries’ that James Bond ever encountered on the official Ian Fleming website.
‘Importantly, the UK also uncovered evidence corroborating T. Tate’s connection to that name, including an online video in which T. Tate declares while standing on a ship, ‘I’m Captain Vladimir Scorpius’ and his registration as a director of a UK company called ‘Scorpius Ltd,’ the filing says.
‘Mexican officials communicated to US law enforcement that they are unable to find a record of ever having issued a passport in the name Vladimir Scorpius.’
The UK has until mid-September to provide the State Department its full dossier on the brothers who are currently locked up in the Miami Federal Detention Center ahead of a full extradition hearing.
Court filings claim Tate once boasted online that he had ‘8 lives’ through multiple passports, driver’s licenses, and legal identities
Records included in the filings show the Tates have bought various snacks and treats behind bars including all-seasoned chips, chili ramen soup, Doritos and Snickers bars
Prosecutors claim the pair have boasted of having access to private jets, a $50 million superyacht and ‘unrestricted’ amounts of cash, cryptocurrency and bitcoin.
‘The serious pending UK charges involving human trafficking and violent rapes and assaults against multiple victims, together with recent Romanian charges alleging that the Tates interfered with and attempted to intimidate witnesses, present a clear public safety concern,’ the filing says.
‘That the Tates also claim to maintain multiple passports and identities, have access to excessive wealth and influence in numerous countries, and are stridently unwilling to voluntarily return to face prosecution in the United Kingdom, collectively demonstrate a heightened risk of flight that no amount of bond could overcome.’
The Tates, who have amassed a global following of fans, particularly young men and boys captivated by their baller lifestyle and unabashed chauvinism, face proceedings in both the UK and Romania, where they have a home.
The dual US and UK nationals were first arrested in Romania in December 2022 after prosecutors accused them of running a criminal enterprise that lured women to the Eastern European country for sexual exploitation.
British prosecutors filed their own charges against the brothers in May 2025, including rape, actual bodily harm and human trafficking.
The Tates flew from Romania to Florida in February 2025 after authorities lifted their travel ban, a reversal that followed reported pressure from Trump administration figures.
Trump told reporters, however, that he knew ‘nothing about it.’
